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DOEPEL v. JONES

No. 571.

244 U.S. 305 (1917)

DOEPEL ET AL., HEIRS AT LAW OF FEARNOW, v. JONES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Herrick, with whom Mr. Milton Brown, Mr. L.A. Maris and Mr. Cody Fowler were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. J.F. King, with whom Mr. W.P. Hackney and Mr. L.D. Moore were on the brief, for defendants in error.

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

It cannot be seriously disputed that if the agreement was made by Fearnow, the original applicant, that he would make the homestead entry not for himself but for the benefit of another, would during the time that he was apparently taking the steps to complete the entry pay rent for the land to such other person and when the...

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