Hall v. Hall
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county, Richardson, J., entered November 22, 1904, in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action by a widow to recover an interest in lands patented to her divorced husband.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
Prior to the year 1898 the lands in control versy in this case were unsurveyed public lands of the United States. In the month of June of that year, the surveyor’s plat was filed in the district land office, and on the 30th day of August, 1898, the lands were thrown open for settlement. On the latter date John F. Hall, now deceased, entered said lands under the homestead laws of the United States, and made final proof on the 8th day of August, 1899, after completing his five years’ residence thereon, as required by said homestead laws. Patent issued on the 9th day of February, 1900. At all…
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