U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California November 23, 1886 (United States v. Minor)

Sawyer, J.

This is a bill in equity to vacate a patent issued to defendant Minor to 80 acres of land, being the W. of the N. W. J of a certain section, on the ground that it bad been fraudulently procured. Minor, having no interest in the land, made default, and the decision must turn on the rights of defendant Croghan upon the case as disclosed by the bill, answer, and stipulated facts.