Curtis v. Peterson

This is a possessory action brought by George C. Curtis against John El. Peterson and wife and John Doe Morse, the land involved being 160 acres of the unsurveyed public lands of the United States, but which is described as being, when surveyed, the SE. 1/4 of section 20, township 1 north, range 8 east, Gila and Salt River base and meridian.

Morse filed a disclaimer.

The case was tried before the court without a jury, and the defendants had judgment. The plaintiff has appealed.

It appears that appellant on February 1, 1923, settled upon the NE. 1/4 of said section 20 with the intention of…