United States v. Bighorn Sheep Co.

KENNEDY, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity seeking to cancel certain patents to public lands, the title to which has found its way to the principal defendant, Bighorn Sheep Company, upon the ground that title to the lands was secured through conspiracy and fraud on the part of the defendants, and the matter is now before the court upon final hearing.

The suit was instituted more than nine years ago, and has been before this court in different phases, with three different judges presiding. It was also once before the Circuit Court of Appeals for the review of an order dismissing the cause…