United States v. Jeter
District Court, D. Alaska
The Chugach Forest Reserve, covering the land in controversy in this case, was created as provided by law the 23d day of February, 1909. On May 8, 1910, the defendant, Jeter, according to his own testimony, first went upon this land. On October 20, 1910, he put up a small cabin, since which time he claims to have resided upon the land, leaving, however, at intervals to earn money to enable him to continue to live thereon.
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The Chugach Forest Reserve, covering the land in controversy in this case, was created as provided by law the 23d day of February, 1909. On May 8, 1910, the defendant, Jeter, according to his own testimony, first went upon this land. On October 20, 1910, he put up a small cabin, since which time he claims to have resided upon the land, leaving, however, at intervals to earn money to enable him to continue to live thereon. He also claims to have done some clearing and cultivated a small area.of the land, and that the value of all the improvements placed by him upon said premises is the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Something was said at the hearing of this case with regard to the delay, either by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, or some one authorized to act in the matter of eliminating lands from national forest reserves, which is very prejudicial to the defendant. This may all be true, and still the defendant is in no' position to claim a legal or valid right to said land until such time as the officers authorized by law to dispose of said land performed the various administrative acts delegated to them by the public land laws of the United States.
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