Oldfather v. Ericson

Ames, 0.

This is an action in ejectment to recover a strip of land lying on one of the borders of the tract comprising what was formerly the Port McPherson Military Reservation, in this state. There were a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed. The post was established upon.unsurveyed public lands of the *2United States, and tlie boundaries of the reservation ascertained by an independent survey made under the authority of the government, and having, of course, no relation or reference to township or section lines or other governmental subdivisions as the…