Bodkin v. Edwards
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.' Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals which affirmed a decree of the District Court holding Bodkin trustée for Edwards as to certain patented land. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit by Edwards to have Bodkin declared a trustee for him of the title to a quarter section of land in California. While the land was public and subject to entry. under the homestead law, Edwards, a qualified applicant, made a homestead entry of it and afterwards submitted final proofs in due course. Bodkin instituted a contest against the entry and obtained its cancellation by the land department. The land officers then permitted Bodkin to make a homestead entry of the tract, after-wards allowed him to relinquish that entry and make others of the same tract under soldiers’…
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