Great Northern Railway Co. v. Hower
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WASHINGTON. The facts, which involve the construction of Rev. Stat., § 2291, and the necessity of the homesteader making improvements on the land entered, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP WASHINGTON. The facts, which involve the construction of Rev. Stat., § 2291, and the necessity of the homesteader making improvements on the land entered, are stated in the opinion. In Moore v. Roibbins, 96 U. S. 530, 535; Baldwin v. Stark, 107 U. S. 463; Boháll v. Dilla, 114 U. S. 47; Lee v. Johnson, 116 U.'S. 48; Gonzales v. French, 164 U. S. 342, relied on by plaintiff in error, the patent of the United States was supported against an attempt to set it aside, and in none of these cases had the right of a bona fide purchaser intervened. In this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The Great N or them Railway Company filed its amended complaint against James A. Hower, individually and as Trustee, Anna H. Hower, his wife, Nonpareil Consolidated Copper Company, Nicholas H. Rudebeck, and James McCreery Realty Company, in the Superior Court of the' State of Washington, in and for the county of Snohomish, seeking to establish title to the northeast quarter of Section 2, Township 27 north, Range 10 east, Willamette Meridian, in said county and State. Defendants appeared and demurred upon the ground, among others, that the amended complaint did not state facts sufficient to…
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