Charles W. Deboer v. United States of America and State of Alaska

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Charles W. DeBoer appeals from the judgment of the district court in a quiet title action brought by him against the United States under 28 U.S.C. § 2409a. DeBoer v. United States, 470 F.Supp. 1137 (D.Alaska 1979).

The parties, including an intervening party, the State of Alaska, dispute title to 105.22 acres of land which accreted to appellant’s federal homestead on the north shore of Icy Strait near Gustavus, Alaska. Based on a 1920 survey, the 1961 federal land patent that granted appellant title to his homestead showed 165.05 acres, delineated in part by a meander…