Legal Opinion
United States v. Wharton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1975No. Nos. 73-2732, 73-2831PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals from a judgment of the district court ordering the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent to 40 acres of public land claimed by the defendants under the Color of Title Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1068. The defendants cross-appeal, contending that the government should be estopped from claiming ownership of the land.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The facts stated in pretrial stipulations and in the district court’s opinion are essentially these:
Curtis Wharton and his wife, Minnie, moved onto a tract of Oregon land some time prior to September 1919,…
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