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UNITED STATES v. 118.26 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LA.

No. 3009.

71 F.Supp. 748 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. 118.26 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN WEBSTER PARISH, LA., et al.

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

May 29, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. G. Fields and John A. Patin, both of Shreveport La., for plaintiff.

Robert Roberts, of Shreveport La., and R. D. Watkins, A. S. Drew and Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr., all of Minden, La., for defendants.

Philip H. Mecom and Percy N. Browne, both of Shreveport La., curators ad hoc.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This case involves a contest over the proceeds of forty acres of land described as the NW¼ of SW¼ of Sec. 13, T. 20 N., R. 9 W., condemned by the Government. The issue depends upon which of the opposing claimants has the better title. According to the abstracts submitted, there were two chains both emanating from the Government. The first began with an entry of David Stewart and subsequent patent dated June 27, 1859, which rescended...

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