United States v. Poland
District Court, D. Alaska
On January 20, 1908, a patent for a fraction less than 160 acres of land, situate on the shore of Resurrection Bay, near Seward, Alaska, and designated as United States survey No. 241, was issued to the defendant Poland, under laws of the United States relating to soldier’s additional homesteads.
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On January 20, 1908, a patent for a fraction less than 160 acres of land, situate on the shore of Resurrection Bay, near Seward, Alaska, and designated as United States survey No. 241, was issued to the defendant Poland, under laws of the United States relating to soldier’s additional homesteads. On the 22d day of March, 1909, a second patent was issued to said, defendant Poland for 160 acres of land embraced within United States survey No. 242, which adjoins the said survey No. 241, on the northerly side, applications for patent to both of said surveys Nos. 241 and 242 having been made on…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
I know of no law requiring one location or survey under said act to be distant 80 rods from any other survey or entry made under the provisions of the said' act. Said act does provide that “along the shore of any navigable water a space of at least 80 rods shall be reserved from entry between all such claims.” But survey No. 242 is not along the shore of any navigable water, but is on the north7 erly or landward side of said survey No. 241, which is along the shore of Resurrection Bay. If one location or entry under said act was required to be 80 rods distant from…
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