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HARTMAN v. BUTTERFIELD LUMBER CO.

No. 44.

199 U.S. 335 (1905)

HARTMAN v. BUTTERFIELD LUMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 27, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.Z. Jones for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Holmes Conrad for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

For the purposes of this case it may be conceded that the contract made before the patent was, by virtue of the policy of the United States as disclosed in its statutes, void, and could not have been enforced by the Norwood and Butterfield Company, but the contract was not inherently vicious or immoral. It was simply void because in conflict with the Federal statutes.

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