Carr v. Fife
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. In the District Court of the Second Judicial District of Washington Territory, in April, 1887, Anthony P. Carr filed a bill of complaint against W. H. Fife and others, including the executors of Edward S. Smith, deceased, seeking to set aside a patent of the United States to one Robert E. Sproul, issued on December 13, 1875,, granting certain lands of the United States lying in the county of…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. In the District Court of the Second Judicial District of Washington Territory, in April, 1887, Anthony P. Carr filed a bill of complaint against W. H. Fife and others, including the executors of Edward S. Smith, deceased, seeking to set aside a patent of the United States to one Robert E. Sproul, issued on December 13, 1875,, granting certain lands of the United States lying in the county of Pierce, and to have the defendants, who derived their titles to parts and parcels of said lands from the said Sproul,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Shiras,
after stating the case, delivered. the opinion of the court..
The ninth specification of error complains of the refusal of the court below to remand the cause to the Superior Court of Pierce County upon -the showing that, after the admission of the State-of Washington, it had been stipulated by the counsel of the respective parties that said cause might be-tried in said Superior Court. But the record shows that the reasons assigned in the court below for the motion to remand did not mention such a stipulation, and it is out of time and place to’ urge it in this court.
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