Morse v. Breen

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Teller:

This cause involves the location of a tract of land in Rio Grande County to which both parties make claim.

The controversy arose out of the following circumstances:,

In 1885, one Church obtained a government patent, under the preemption law, for the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 33, Township 40 north, Range 3 east, and the north half and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 4, in Township 39 north, in said Range 3. In 1899 he obtained patent, under the homestead law, for Lots 1 and 2 and the southwest quarter of the…