Towner v. Rodegeb
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of tbe superior court for Cowlitz County, A. L. Miller, J., entered April 14, 1902, enjoining interference with plaintiff’s possession of public lands, as prayed in the complaint, after sustaining a demurrer to affirmative defenses in defendant’s answer.
1Per curiam
Respondent brought this suit and alleged, that he was in possession of a certain forty-acre tract of unsurveyed government land, which was formerly occupied by one Morrison as a squatter; that respondent has been in possession of the land since about October 1, 1898; that he has partially fenced the same, has continuously improved it since said date, intends to take it as a homestead, has qualified under the laws of the United States to do so, and is entitled to the possession thereof; that on August 26, 1898, said Morrison died intestate and without heirs, and soon thereafter respondent…
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