Patterson v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
'.Error from the District Court of OMahoma County; before C. F. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE PACTS. It appears from the record in this case that on May 4, 1889, one Samnel W. Bail made homestead entry No. 937 on lots 1 and 2 and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 6, township 11, north, range 2 west.
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'.Error from the District Court of OMahoma County; before C. F. Irwin, Trial Judge. STATEMENT OE PACTS. It appears from the record in this case that on May 4, 1889, one Samnel W. Bail made homestead entry No. 937 on lots 1 and 2 and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 6, township 11, north, range 2 west. That on May 15, 1889, Patterson filed an affidavit of 'contest against said entry, alleging that Ball was in the Oklahoma country between March. 23, and twelve o’clock noon, April 22, 1889, and that Patterson was the first actual settler upon said land. .A hearing was had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
HaiNer, J.:
The undisputed facts in this ease show that Patterson entered Oklahoma about the 25th of February, 1889, and remained therein until March 28, 1889; that, during a portion of that period he was encamped in the vicinity of the land in controversy, and while there formed, the intention of taking and entering a tract of land in that immediate neighborhood; that he was in said territory without license or authority to either enter or remain there, and that he left said territory on March 28, 1889, and remained outside of the borders until twelve o’clock noon,…
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