Betts v. Sims
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Saline county. Heard there before Norval, J. Homestead: Swift v. Dewey, 20 Neb., 107. Bonarden v. Kriz, 18 Id., 121. Estoppel does not apply: Brant v. Virginia Co., 93 U. S., 330. Speneer v. Carr, 45 N. Y., 406. Turner v. Ferguson, 58 Tex., 6. Young v. Young, 12 La., 335. cited: Grant v. Oropsey, 8 Neb., 208. Newman v. Mueller, 16 Id., 523. Gillespie v. Sawyer, 15 Id., 536. Shields v. LaJcin, 21 O. S., 660. Herman on Estoppel, 369. Bigelow…
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Appeal from the district court for Saline county. Heard there before Norval, J. Homestead: Swift v. Dewey, 20 Neb., 107. Bonarden v. Kriz, 18 Id., 121. Estoppel does not apply: Brant v. Virginia Co., 93 U. S., 330. Speneer v. Carr, 45 N. Y., 406. Turner v. Ferguson, 58 Tex., 6. Young v. Young, 12 La., 335. cited: Grant v. Oropsey, 8 Neb., 208. Newman v. Mueller, 16 Id., 523. Gillespie v. Sawyer, 15 Id., 536. Shields v. LaJcin, 21 O. S., 660. Herman on Estoppel, 369. Bigelow On Estoppel, 449. Overman v. Hathaway, 29 Kan., 435.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This was an action in the nature of quia timet, brought in the district court of Saline county, by the plaintiffs, for the purpose of removing certain clouds from, and quieting the title in themselves to, a certain quarter section of land in said county. The petition alleges that the said land was entered by their son, William H. Betts, under the homestead laws of the United States, but that before he had perfected his title thereto he died, unmarried, and without issue; that upon his death they entered into the possession of the same, and occupied and improved the same, in full compliance…
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