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FISHER v. RULE

No. 78.

248 U.S. 314 (1919)

FISHER v. RULE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Homer Guerry, with whom Mr. Allen G. Fisher, Mr. William P. Rooney and Mr. John B. Barnes were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Samuel Herrick, with whom Mr. Edwin D. Crites and Mr. F.A. Crites were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit by Fisher to have Rule declared a trustee for him of the title to certain land in Nebraska, for which Rule holds a patent under the homestead law of the United States. Fisher lost in the District Court and its decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 232 Fed. Rep. 861.

The case presented by the record is as follows:

In 1904, when the land was public land, a son...

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