Hodge v. McCall

The original survey of the public lands in the Imperial Valley was exceedingly inaccurate, and when the valley came to be settled up another survey became necessary. This was made, and in its making the government subdivisions for which entry had been made were located as actually claimed by the entrymen on the ground. When so located, what theoretically should have been adjoining subdivisions were in many instances separated by small strips of land which did not come in either subdivision. The situation may be made dearer by the accompanying diagram of it as it exists in the present case.

The…