United States v. Lee Wilson & Co.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
In Equity. Suit by the United States against Lee Wilson & Co., a corporation. On final hearing. The United States, by its Attorney General, filed this bill to quiet its title to S53.60 acres of land described as follows: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, west one-half of the southeast quarter, and east one-half of the southwest quarter of section 22; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6,…
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In Equity. Suit by the United States against Lee Wilson & Co., a corporation. On final hearing. The United States, by its Attorney General, filed this bill to quiet its title to S53.60 acres of land described as follows: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, west one-half of the southeast quarter, and east one-half of the southwest quarter of section 22; lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the south one-half of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is undisputed that all the lands in that township were swamp and overflowed lands at the time of the enactment of the Swamp Land Act of September 28, 1850 (9 Stat. 519, c. 84), and continued as such until recently, when-levees were built and a drainage canal dug; that the lands in controversy were resurveyed in 1910; that the field notes of the surv-ey, made in 1839 and 1840 (although the parties speak-of 'this survey as of 1841) were filed with the surveyor of public lands for Arkansas in 1841, and the plat made therefrom, which was approved in 1845,…
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