Potter v. Hall
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before C. E. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS . Tbis was an action under cbap. 66, art. 24 of tbe Statutes of 1893, for tbe recovery of real property, lots 3 and 4 and .south, half of N. W. quarter of section 4, twp. 12, N. of R. '.7 West I. M., in Canadian county, under the homestead laws ■of the United States. The action was tried upon an amended answer and cross petition.
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Error from the District Court of Canadian County; before C. E. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE FACTS . Tbis was an action under cbap. 66, art. 24 of tbe Statutes of 1893, for tbe recovery of real property, lots 3 and 4 and .south, half of N. W. quarter of section 4, twp. 12, N. of R. '.7 West I. M., in Canadian county, under the homestead laws ■of the United States. The action was tried upon an amended answer and cross petition. The defendant alleged that she was the widow of Gilman C. Hall, a native born citizen of the United States, in all respects a qualified entryman, and entitled to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the the.court by
McAtee, J.:
The findings of fact material to a determination of the case were practically identical as made by the register and receiver,of the local land office, by the secretary of the interior and by the acting secretary of the interior, upon review of the case.
They were .that Potter had made settlement upon the tract of land upon the 22nd day of April, 1889, and had established residence and maintained the same as required by the homestead laws. That Hall, who had the homestead entry, established residence upon the land with his family in October, 1889, and has…
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