Andrews v. Eastern Oregon Land Co.

Citations

• 203 U.S. 127
• 27 S. Ct. 42
• 51 L. Ed. 119
• 1906 U.S. LEXIS 1573

Syllabus

<p>Although the record of a case here on writ of error may fail to show how the facts on which the highest court of a State sét aside^ the findings of the trial court were brought to its attention, this court cannot ignore the recitals of .what it considered, if it appears that testimony was in fact taken.</p> <p>When the conclusions of the; highest court of a State reversing the. trial court are in harmony with the general rule as to the effect to be given to a patent of the United States,- this court is hot justified in setting the judgment aside upon a presumption of what might have been the testimony upon which the trial court made its findings.</p>