United States v. Beebee

The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

McCkaky, Circuit Judge.

The demurrer raises, for, the first time in a Federal Court, the important question whether any lapse of time will constitute a bar, or a sufficient defense, to a suit in equity, brought in the name of the United States.

This suit is brought to cancel and set aside certain' land patents executed by the United States, on the ground that the same were obtained by fraud. The patents attacked as fraudulent were issued about forty-three years before the filing of the bill, and many of the alleged matters of fact, concerning…