Harp v. Christian

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellant, Silas Harp, homesteaded an 80 acre tract of land about 1907 which he still occupies as a farm. The land is described as the W y2 of the SW % of section 15, township 17 north, range 21 west. He included within his fences about 30 acres that was not a part of his homestead, but was instead a part of the adjoining section 16 and was commonly referred to as “School Lands.” The record title to section 16 has been held as a unit by successive owners, the last of whom is the appellee, C. R. Christian, who purchased the land from Mamie M. Pratt in 1946. After…