Bass v. Forest Products & Mfg. Co.

SHELBY, Circuit Judge.

The legal questions involved in this case are conceded by the counsel Cor both parties to be identical with those involved in Simpson County v. Wisner-Cox Lumber & Mfg. Co. (decided by this court May 10, 1909) 170 Fed. 52. The only difference between this case and the one cited is that here the appellee, which claimed to own the lease for 99 years described in its bill, took the initiative and appeared in the court below as complainant. Demurrers were filed to the bill, which raised the same questions we decided in Simpson County v. Wisner-Cox Lumber & Mfg. Co., supra.…