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CAUSEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 197.

240 U.S. 399 (1916)

CAUSEY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T. Marshal Miller for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel, with whom Mr. S.W. Williams was on the brief, for the United States.

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

This is a suit by the United States to recover the title to 157.77 acres of land in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, patented to Powhatan E. Causey and by him transferred to James L. Bradford. While the land was yet public, Causey secured a preliminary homestead entry thereof by taking an oath, as was required, that he had not directly or indirectly made, and would not make, any agreement whereby the title which...

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