Harry E. McDermott Jr., Trustee v. United States

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Harry E. McDermott, Jr. appeals from the District Court’s 1 entry of judgment against him, following a bench trial, in his action against the United States to quiet title to 1.5 acres of land abutting the Arkansas River in Pulaski County, Arkansas. McDermott purchased that land in 1974 from Wayne Clark, Jr. For reversal McDermott argues that the District Court erred in concluding that (1) Clark’s conveyance of the 1.5 acres to the United States in 1970 did not result from a mutual mistake or a mistake on Clark’s part caused by the inequitable conduct of representatives…