Legal Opinion
United States v. 62.57 Acres of Land in Yuma County, Arizona, Fort Yuma Land and Investment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1971No. 25222_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRASK, Circuit Judge:
The United States seeks title, by this combined condemnation-ejectment action, to 145 acres of land on the west side of the Colorado River, but in Yuma County, Arizona. This land is presently occupied by the Fort Yuma Land and Investment, Inc. 1 The United States as appellant claims title to the property as accretion to federal lands riparian to the river on the California side. The appel-lees claim title to the same land by virtue of two patents issued to their predecessors in title. They contend that when the two patents issued there was a small portion of the patented…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Gibson v. ChouteauSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Jefferis v. East Omaha Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Johnston v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1862
- R. A. Beaver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- United States of America, on Its Own Behalf and for the Benefit of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Emily Byrne Norman Wade Linda Wade McKellips Land Corporation William C. Raasig Jack D. Rose Southwest Gas Corporation Jack R. Hawkins Doris Hawkins, and Robert H. Chesney Howard M. Burdick Rose Marie Burdick James Engelmann Thomas E. Fryer Barbara J. Fryer Ralph George Margaret George Crystal L. Giannotti Lucinda Giannotti Alvin Grudem AKA Alvin Gruden Alora Grudem AKA Alora Gruden Gail Frances Jewell Charles S. King Juliene King Michael M. Sullivan Mary M. Sullivan Helmut Treffke Kathryn Treffke Lorraine E. Knowlton, Margarite A. Coates Mojave County Board of Supervisors Jay Dee Harp Janalee Harp Carl Lawyer Wilma B. Lawyer Roben Johnson Katherine Johnson, Richard Aria Ruth Aria Lewis M. Cooper James L. Henderson Terry S. Henderson G. Harrison Charolette Harrison Donald Lewis Margaret M. Lewis Shirley J. Johnson, AKA Shirley J. Brewer Johnson King Pump and Dewatering Corporation Kenneth R. Lucas Leory Munson Sharon O'COnnOr Daniel McIntyre Joyce McIntyre Marc Richards Ginger Richards Robert Hall Fidelity National Title Company Mojave River Enterprises, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Camille Engelman, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee v. Maricopa County Treasurer, a Body Politic, Cross-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- United States of America, on Its Own Behalf and for the Benefit of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Emily Byrne Norman Wade Linda Wade McKellips Land Corporation William C. Raasig Jack D. Rose Southwest Gas Corporation Jack R. Hawkins Doris Hawkins, and Robert H. Chesney Howard M. Burdick Rose Marie Burdick James Engelmann Thomas E. Fryer Barbara J. Fryer Ralph George Margaret George Crystal L. Giannotti Lucinda Giannotti Alvin Grudem AKA Alvin Gruden Alora Grudem AKA Alora Gruden Gail Frances Jewell Charles S. King Juliene King Michael M. Sullivan Mary M. Sullivan Helmut Treffke Kathryn Treffke Lorraine E. Knowlton, Margarite A. Coates Mojave County Board of Supervisors Jay Dee Harp Janalee Harp Carl Lawyer Wilma B. Lawyer Roben Johnson Katherine Johnson, Richard Aria Ruth Aria Lewis M. Cooper James L. Henderson Terry S. Henderson G. Harrison Charolette Harrison Donald Lewis Margaret M. Lewis Shirley J. Johnson, Named in Complaint as Shirley J. Brewer Johnson AKA Shirley J. Brewer Johnson King Pump and Dewatering Corporation Kenneth R. Lucas Leory Munson Sharon O'COnnOr Daniel McIntyre Joyce McIntyre Marc Richards Ginger Richards Robert Hall Fidelity National Title Company Mojave River Enterprises, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, Camille Engelman, Defendants-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee v. Maricopa County Treasurer, a Body Politic, Cross-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002