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BODKIN v. EDWARDS

No. 495.

255 U.S. 221 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 268

65 L.Ed. 595

BODKIN v. EDWARDS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Herrick, for appellee, in support of the motion. Mr. Henry M. Willis was also on the brief.

No brief filed for appellant.

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

This is a suit by Edwards to have Bodkin declared a trustee for him of the title to a quarter section of land in California. While the land was public and subject to entry under the homestead law, Edwards, a qualified applicant, made a homestead entry of it and afterwards submitted final proofs in due course. Bodkin instituted a contest against the entry and obtained its cancellation by the land department...

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