Samuel Blatchford, Stewart v. Masterson (131 U.S. 151…
“ The amended bill tenders to Masterson the amount of the actual expenses incurred by him in paying for the certificates, surveys, and patents. Tait is insolvent, and if, upon a final hearing, the title of Masterson should be decreed to be paramount to that of Stewart, the value of Stewart's improvements on the land, namely, $19,962.51, would be lost to him, unless adjudged to him against Masterson by a decree, and made a lien upon the land. ”
