United States v. Fletcher
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota; James D. Elliott, Judge. Suit by the United States against Nathan R. Fletcher and others. From a decree (231 Fed. 326) for defendants, the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
This suit was begun in 1879 by a bill of complaint filed by the United States in the District Court for the territory of South Dakota, against Nathan R. Fletcher. It alleged that Fletcher had filed his declaratory statement and made final proof, claiming the right to enter 160 acres of land in South Dakota as a pre-emption, and had delivered a military bounty land warrant in payment, and that the officers of the land department, relying upon his compliance with the pre-emption laws and his proofs thereof, had issued a patent to him for the land. It was alleged that…
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