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Stephen Arnold Douglas Puter (January 6, 1857 [1] – May 10, 1931) was a criminal and author from the U.S. state of Oregon. [2] After being convicted of land fraud, he lived as a fugitive for several months before capture, wrote a book after conviction, received a Presidential pardon, and later was convicted of mail fraud.
The Benson Syndicate was an unusual, 19th century organized crime organization in the western United States which received contracts from the United States General Land Office (GLO) to perform cadastral land surveys of the public lands. It was led by, and named after, John A Benson (1845–1910), originally from Illinois and later a US deputy ...
United States v. Throckmorton (98 U.S. 61) is an 1878 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil procedure, specifically res judicata, in cases heard at equity.A unanimous Court affirmed an appeal of a decision by the District Court for California upholding a Mexican-era land claim, holding that collateral estoppel bars untimely motions to set aside the verdict where the purportedly ...
Authorities reported that they could each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
In 1870, the Oregon and United States governments granted the Oregon and California Railroad 3.7 million acres (15,000 km 2) of land to build a line, from Portland south to California. The land, which was granted in a checkerboard pattern along both sides of the railroad's right of way, was then sold to settlers in parcels of 160 acres (64.7 ha ...
The incident is just the latest example of what the FBI says is a growing and troubling new form of fraud affecting unsuspecting landowners nationwide. FBI warns scammers are impersonating ...
Read more:A California tribe was twice robbed of its land. A 77-acre purchase brings hope A 77-acre purchase brings hope The restitution bills come as welcome news to activist Kavon Ward too.
The Bureau of Land Management now manages timber on more than 2 million acres of land in Oregon that formerly belonged to the O&C Railroad. As the land fraud trials reached their conclusion, attention also turned to the Southern Pacific Railroad (which had acquired the O&C in 1887). Not only had the company violated the terms of the grant ...