Brett v. Meisterling

SHIRAS, District Judge.

This suit is brought to settle the conflicting claims of the parties to the N. E. J4 of section 15 in township *76998 N. of range 38 W. of the fifth P. M., situated in Dickinson county, Iowa; the plaintiffs basing their right upon a homestead claim and the occupancy of the land, and the defendant upon a purchase from the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company, and a deed of conveyance executed in pursuance of the contract of purchase. The case is one arising out of the readjustment of the land grant contained in the act of congress of 1864 in aid of the construction of a line…