Crochet v. McCamant
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by Emerand Crochet and others against George G. McCamant and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
Under the federal homestead law, any head of a family, or person 21 years old, who is a citizen of the United States, or has filed his declaration of intention to become such, as required by the naturalization laws, may acquire 150 acres, or less, of public land without purchasing the land, but by simply paying certain fees and fulfilling certain conditions. First, he must enter the land, as the expression is; that is to say, he must apply at the local public land office for permission to enter the land, pay $5 if he enters 80 acres or less, and $10 if he enters more, and make and file an…
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