Dupas v. Wassell

CALDWELL, District Judge.

By consent of parties this cause was tried before the-court

The action is brought to recover for the use and occupation of a parcel of ground, comprising part of what is known as the “Hot Springs Reservation.” It is not any part of . the quarter section of that reservation to which parties have for many years been asserting title by pre-emption, and a New Madrid location.

The plaintiff’s own evidence discloses the fact that he has no title, legal or equitable, to the parcel of ground in question, and no pretense of right or claim other than a mere “squatter” on the…