Polk v. Sleeper

This is an appeal from a judgment that plaintiff take nothing, that the action be dismissed and that, defendant have and recover his costs taxed at $2.25, in an action to determine a contest for the purchase from the state of certain swamp and overflowed land in Lake County, originating in the state land-office between Thomas W. Polk and Horeau Sleeper, and referred by the surveyor-general on June 2, 1886, under sections 3414 et seq. of the Political Code to the superior court of said county for adjudication. The judgment was entered on sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s fourth amended…