Jensen v. Finnup

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Robert T. Jensen settled upon what he designated as island land and undertook to acquire title to it as school land under the provisions of chapter 295 of the Laws of 1913. He had a survey made, but the field notes and report of the survey did not describe the land upon which settlement had been made. In his affidavit of settlement he described the land as it had been described in the field notes of the surveyor which he filed with the affidavit. A bond was given by Jensen conditioned that he would pay costs and damages which might be…