Campbell v. Smith

Plaintiffs sue to cancel real estate taxes assessed against a tract'of land within the Belle Fourche reclamation project in Butte county. The land was homesteaded by O. E. Farnham and on the i6th of October, 1916, he made final proof as to .residence, cultivation, and improvement under the Homestead- Raw (43 USCA § 161 et seq.), and this proof was accepted by the General Rand Office, but he did not receive a final certificate and was not entitled to such certificate until full compliance with the terms of the act creating the irrigation district. Before receiving a final certificate or patent…