Show court of appeals on the sweet case lase denver sept 27 the case of 0 fredecick freddi ick A sweet administrator of the estate of arthur sweet from thu utah district was reversed and re ended by tin the united stites court of appt als toda the case ease involved school lands on aich the ment claimed it has coal aa rights the case cace Is one of long standing tn in the united suits states coat conits ts A brief I 1 h ator story or the case was given rion mon da ani io t the 1116 gjeruld herald Jer uld republican by fin derick administrator of the astute of arlhur arthur A sweet and attorney tha the liota A A sweet purchased thy the land in dispute acres in ca cat bon boil county near the emery county line in hi 1008 1908 the purchase was nude made from ft om parties who had purchased the property pio pia perty from the state as possible public school land granted to the state under the enabling let in 1900 the united states brought suit wit against A A sweet to quit quiet title to the land on the ground tant it wa was q mineral or coal land and that the statta had no title to the land and thre lore coun not pass title to an othni in the trial of the case en the was briteo by john A Mayn Alay nid noid as special counse counsel for the di of justice the de was by dirkson dickson elii ellis the beteri defend e that the land was coal land but argued that at the time of the enabling act and even nt at the time that the state sold the hind land it was not known to contain cold jude marshall held that the state did not have a title to the land that it belonged to the government as na mineral und land A in view of the fact that the state had sold m miny tny act es of land to which the tule title might be in question to say ay nother st t of or acris acres of land especially in the central centi ua and southern putts of the thestal th atao which wis and is still claimed by the state as school land under the enabling net the state on recommendation of antior ney general bargnesi 8 made at nn ampro pria tion of and employed the firm irm of dickson Dick Bon ellis Schuld fr ID 0 cairy catty the case to the circuit eburt of appeals the cape care was argued bs 13 foie the court on may 4 last lost A C ellie ellis jr and russell dussell G rearing for the appellants and united states district A torney W W ray of utah for or the government sinco since the government flie niad d its action against arthur A sweet in 1009 1909 bir mr satt died and frederick A sweet vae as appointed appo 1 anted administrator of the tle estate in connection with the acres of land in dispute mr sweet held other coal properties ib it carbon and emery counties all ail of these properties were later sold to the united states F fuel acl corn piny which bleb w now plaints the title to the land in dispute |