Butterfield Lumber Co. v. Hartman

Citations

• 82 Miss. 494

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands. Revised Statutes of United States, 2290, 2291 and 2296. Contracts to sell timber. Public policy.</p> <p>An agreement by a homesteader who- has entered public land from the United States with a third person, that in- consideration of the latter’s advancing him money to complete the entry and obtain the patent, he would sell such person the timber on the land, is not a-gainst public policy, and the subsequent sale of the timber after the issuance of the patent in pursuance- of the agreement is valid'. Revised Statutes of the United States, §§ 2290, 2291, an-d 2296 considered.</p>