Weaver v. Knudson

The plaintiffs claim the disputed land is part of government lot 7 which was conveyed by government patent in 1900 to one Herbert C. Miller and by various conveyances transferred to the plaintiffs. The patent conveyed government lot 7 of section 15, township 34 N., R. 8 E., “according to the official plat of the survey of the said lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General.” Printed herewith is diagram No. 1 showing the

official plat of survey referred to in the patent. Lot 7 as platted is bounded on the north by a meandered lake. All the other boundaries are indicated…