Martin v. Bartmus

RICHARDS, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action to quiet title to a tract of 320 acres of land in the Imperial Valley. The land was and still is government land, subject to entry and acquisition under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1877, and amended March 3, 1891, commonly known as the Desert Land Act [8 Fed. Stats. Ann., 2d ed., pp. 692, etc.; H. S. Comp. Stats. 4674-4678]. By the terms of the act the entryman was not required to live upon the land but was required to make first, second, third, and fourth and final proof…