Linkswiler v. Schneider

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The general purpose of the bill herein filed is to obtain a decree adjudging that the complainant is entitled to enter as a homestead, under the laws of the United States, the N. W. i of section 5, township 95 N. of range 42 W. of the fifth P. M., situated in O'Brien,county, Iowa; it being averred in the bill that the land department, wrongfully, unlawfully, and against the claim and protest of complainant, issued a patent to the land, under date of August 5, 1898, to the defendant John Schneider. According to the averments of the bill, these .premises formed part of…