Gragg v. Cooper

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendants in an action by plaintiff to recover possession of a tract of land.

The land in question was, on and prior to February 24,1903, a part of the public lands of the United States. At that time, and for a long time prior thereto, the defendants and their predecessor in interest had been in possession of the land, had inclosed it by a substantial fence, and were, and had been, using it for agricultural purposes, claiming title thereto. On that day the plaintiff, who was a person qualified under the laws of the United States to take up…