Slaght v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, Chester F. Miller, J., entered July 13, 1904, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a. trial on the merits before the court upon stipulated facte, in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the CourtEudkin, J.
In March, 1883, the plaintiff in this action established his residence on lots 10, 11, 14, and 15, of section 1, township 16 north, of range 45 east, of the Willamette Meridian, in Whitman county, and continued to reside thereon until the year 1897. On the 31st day of October, 1887, he made application at the proper land office to enter said lands under the homestead laws- of the United States, alleging settlement on the 4th day of March, 1883. The Northern Pacific Eailroad Company, having prior to said application selected said tracts as indemnity under the act of July 2, 1864, was notified…
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