Swift v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the 'Circuit' Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. This was an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill brought to declare and enforce a trust in the title t.o certain lots in the city of Denver, in the state of Colorado. The statement is contained in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The decision of this court in Wetzel v. Transfer Co., 27 U. S. App. 594, 12 C. C. A. 490, and 65 Fed. 23, is fatal to the bill of the appellant in this case. In that case a land-warrant had been issued on September 30,1848, to Elizabeth Remsen, widow of George W. Remsen, and to Harriet A., Mary Ann, John W., Elizabeth, and George W. A. Remsen, children and heirs at law of said George W. Remsen, deceased, under the provisions of section 9 of the act of congress approved on February 11, 1847 (9 Stat. 123, 125, c. 8). Section 9 of that act provided in substance that, in…
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