Legal Opinion
Paul T. Walton and Helen E. Walton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 3, 1969No. 9645PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment quieting title in the United States to certain undescribed riparian fast land omitted from the original survey.
The issue presented on appeal is, between the equitable owner of the patented adjacent land and the United States, who owns the omitted lands?
The land in question lies between land admittedly owned by the appellants, described as Lots 5, 6 and 7, Section 18, and Lots 1 and 2, Section 24, Township 41 North, Range 117 West, 6th P.M., Wyoming, and the upper Snake River as it flows through the Wyoming area generally known as the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Horne v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Jeems Bayou Fishing & Hunting Club v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Victor Fontenelle v. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER, ETC. v. BerglandDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1981
- Donald H. Albrecht and Rivermeadows Corporation, a Wyoming Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Paul E. Reimann, and Maybeth Farr Reimann, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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