United States v. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co.

Citations

• 193 U.S. 651
• 24 S. Ct. 546
• 48 L. Ed. 830
• 1904 U.S. LEXIS 905

Syllabus

<p>A mortgagee who has foreclosed his mortgage and purchased the property mortgaged at sheriffs sale under a decree of the court is an assignee of the owner of the land within section 2 of the act of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 287.</p> <p>Where there is a finding by the Court of Claims that a relinquishment was made “as required by the rules and regulations of the Land Office,” this Court will presume that the Secretary did his duty and received all receipts and whatever was necessary to revest title in the United States to the land cancelled.</p>