Easton v. Brant

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree dismissing a com plaint in equity. The issues in the case are very simple; the questions involved are questions of fact only, and any attempt on our part to review the voluminous testimony or set forth in detail the many collateral issues brought into the ease would serve no purpose.

In 1910, the Imperial Valley Land & Irrigation Company of Lower California purchased 32,000 acres of raw land in Mexico from the Colorado River Land Company for the sum of $1,200,000. A part of the purchase price was paid in cash and the balance was…