Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Johnson

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 1908PublishedCited by 49 opinions

APPEAL from tbe District Court of Fourth Judicial District for Lincoln County, Hon. Alfred Budge, Judge. Action to quiet title. Judgment for defendants.

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APPEAL from tbe District Court of Fourth Judicial District for Lincoln County, Hon. Alfred Budge, Judge. Action to quiet title. Judgment for defendants. If the land that the defendants claim is in excess of the acreage mentioned in our patent, that fact alone does not prevent it passing under the patent.- (Johnson v. Hurst, 10 Ida. 308, 77 Pac. 784.) The government does not contemplate surveying every little piece of sandbar or island along meandering streams, but does intend to convey the land on each side of the stream to the center thereof. (Ingraham v. Wilkinson, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 268, 16…

1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.

This is an action to quiet title to lot 6 in see. 6, in township 8 south, of range 14 east, and lots 6 and 7 in see. 1, township 8 south, of range 13 east, Boise meridian, in Lincoln county. The real controversy, however, involves lots 6 and 7 in sec. 1, township 8 south, of range 13 east. The plaintiff alleges title in fee; that one William McCandless obtained title to said property by patent and conveyed the same to this plaintiff by a warranty deed; that the defendants claim some interest or estate in said property, but that such claim is without any right whatever. The complaint alleges,…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Hardin v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Railroad Co. v. SchurmeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  3. Lamprey v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  4. White v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Packer v. BirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Heckman Ranches, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public LandsIdaho Supreme Court · 1979
  2. State v. KorrerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  3. Poovey v. International Sugar Feed No. Two Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  4. Day v. ArmstrongWyoming Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Grice v. Clearwater Timber Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1911

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