Kimes v. Libby

This is an action to quiet in plaintiff title to about 15 acres of land. The defendant in his answer prayed for like relief and prevailed. The plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff in 1884, entered as a homestead under the federal law the east half of the southwest quarter of section 5, in township 25 north, of range 8 west, in Antelope county, and other lands, and his patent was issued in March, 1892. About 1884 the defendant entered the west half of the southwest quarter of said section under the acts of congress relating to timber culture. He became entitled to a patent in 1894, and it was…