Hurr v. Davis

This is an action to determine adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied lands. There appears to have been a careful and full trial of the issues, and the trial court made findings and Ordered judgment in favor of the defendants. Plaintiffs moved for amended findings and, if that be denied, for a new trial. From an order denying their motion, this appeal was taken.

A somewhat extended history of the situation may result in a better understanding of the issues and decision. The proofs show, as found by the court, that Ah-sum-ah-ge-wabe referred to in the record, was an adult mixed-blood Indian,…