Account.
See Fees, Repayment.
Of deputy surveyors may be adjusted without an examination in the field........ 199
Alabama.
See Mineral Land.
Alien.
See Naturalization.
Can acquire no right to public land before declaration of intention to become a citizen, and his subsequent qualification will not re- late back to the exclusion of an intervening adverse right.
Alienation.
See Practice (sub-title Notice).
After due compliance with law by the homesteader, payment of fees, and submis- sion of final proof, but prior to the issuance of final certificate, does not defeat the right to a patent.......
Purchaser of land held under final certif icate (timber land) takes an equity only, and is charged with notice of all defects in the title....
One who purchases land during the pen- dency of an appeal, involving the validity of the title thereto, is charged with notice of the appeal..............
The attempted transfer of a homestead claim before final proof gives the transferee no standing before the Department..... Amendment.
See Entry (sub-title Pre-emption), Contest (sub-title Timber Culture). See Filing, Prac- tice.
To enter must show the present status of the land and qualifications of the applicant. 361 To make homestead entry reserves the land covered thereby..
To make homestead entry can not be al- lowed for land covered by a school selec- tion.......
Accompanied by a relinquishment is at once effective on the filing of the relinquish- ment........
To enter, filed by a second contestant with his affidavit of contest, against a tim- ber-culture entry, reserves the land, sub- ject only to the rights of the first contest- ant.....
To enter may be allowed during the pe- riod accorded for the exercise of the prefer- ence right of a successful contestant, sub- ject to such right
Failure to serve notice of, and the initia- tion of new proceedings is an abandonment of the first, and warrants the dismissal thereof.....
In case of conflicting applications for the right of, the only person that can object to the award made is the unsuccessful appli- cant......
Not initiated until issuance of notice, but the contestant on filing affidavit of, acquires a right to proceed against the entry that can not be defeated by a subsequent relinquish- ment..
Begun during the pendency of govern ment proceedings against the entry, or while all adverse proceedings against such entries are suspended by general order, confers no rights.
Death of the entryman prior to the day fixed for hearing is not ground of dismissal, or suspension of proceedings, when the en- tryman has sold the land and the transferee is in court......
Based on a charge of non-compliance with law may be defended by an intervening en- tryman claiming under a relinquishment... 302 Intervening entryman is entitled to notice of any action that necessitates cancellation of his entry.
Failing on the issue joined, the contestant will not be heard to say that the entryman cannot show compliance with the law in the statutory period....
Acts performed after the initiation of, will not relieve the entryman of the consequence of non-compliance with law prior thereto.. 133 Failure of local officers to enter of record
a, and issue notice thereon, will not render such contest subject to the intervening right of a second contestant ......
May be entertained, though not begun un. til after the expiration of five years from date of entry...... Charging the incompetency of the entry- man, under the law to perfect his entry, is a good ground for.....
Local office may order a hearing to deter- mine the right of a homestead applicant as against a railroad grant.....
Based on a charge of non-compliance with law in the matter of residence and improve- ments should not be entertained where the entry is suspended on account of a defective survey.....
On the ground of non-compliance against an entry made for the minor heirs of a de- ceased soldier or seamen, must fail if the land is cultivated and improved for five years succeeding date of entry...
Against a final entry on the ground that the entryman is not a citizen must fail, if the defect is cured prior to notice, and such action is not induced by the initiation of....... 474 On the ground of abandonment should show that the alleged abandonment was prior to final entry.
To sustain the charge of abandonment, it must be shown that such abandonment has continued for six months, and the complaint must so allege....
A charge of abandonment, change of resi dence, and failure to settle, is not an admis- sion that residence has been established, and does not estop the contestant from prov. ing failure to establish residence as required by law....
Where abandonment and change of resi- dence are charged, and the notice cites the entryman to respond to the charge of aban- donment, the variance is not such as to preju- dice the rights of the entryman.
TIMBER CULTURE. Affidavit of, should charge the continu ance of the default alleged
Affidavit of, must show the continuance of the default alleged; but leave to amend may be given where the complaint is defect- ive in this particular
Right of amendment, on suggestion of the entryman's death, not defeated by an inter- vening
Death of the entryman, before initiation of, being shown, the contestant should by amendment and due notice make the heirs parties, and a continuance for such purpose should be allowed.......
Against the entry of a deceased entryman, where the decedent is made the sole party, defendant is a nullity and must be dis- missed
Must fail, if the default charged is cured prior to the initiation of the suit....... Proof of an offer to sell does not in itself justify a conclusion that the entry was not made in good faith....
Charge of abandonment will not lie on the ground of failure to establish and maintain residence prior to the allowance of applica- tion to file declaratory statement.....
A charge of non-compliance with law made prior to the expiration of the first year after entry is premature, and does not authorize proceedings against the entry..
Charge of non-compliance with law must fail if it is shown that the alleged failure was due to the illegal and adverse possession of another......
Charging non-compliance with law must fail if it appears that the default is due to the wrongful possession of the land by the contestant.
The contestant can not be heard to com- plain of the entryman's failure to comply with the law, if such failure is the result of the wrongful act of the contestant
Not a good defense that the default was the result of the negligence of entryman's agent........
Plea of sickness not a good defense against a charge of non-compliance with law, if the claimant was in default at the time he was disabled for further compliance...... Contestant.
See Final Proof (sub-titles, Homestead and Pre-emption).
Decision.
See Judgment, Res Judicata.
Declaratory Statement. See Filing.
On a general order to an intervening entryman to show cause why his entry should not be canceled and the preferred right of the, allowed, he may set up any charge involving the invalidity of said right. 250 Who fails to appeal from a decision of the local office dismissing his contest is not entitled to a preference right in the event the entry under contest is canceled on the evidence submitted
Of timber culture entry may acquire a preference right under the act of May 14, 1880, though no application to enter is filed with the contest
By the proceedings under the act of Sep- tember 26, 1850, title was passed to the vil- lage of Sault Ste. Marie of the land set apart for cemetery purposes, and on the incorpora- tion of the village said title vested in the municipal authorities...
Deposition.
See Evidence.
Desert Land.
See Entry, Final Proof.
Land that without irrigation will produce grass in paying quantities is not subject to desert entry...
Canceled for bad faith will not be re- instated on the application of a transferee except on a statement of facts showing the good faith of the entryman....
Re-instatement of, for the benefit of heirs not defeated by the intervening entry of an other, made with full knowledge that the heirs were in possession of, and residing upon, the land.....
Under the graduation act, erroneously canceled, may be re-instated for the benefit of the heirs, though the entryman, in igno. rance of his rights, made a homestead entry of the land which was afterwards canceled for failure to submit final proof................
Canceled by mistake, and without notice to the entryman of his right of appeal, and without his knowledge that such action was erroneous, may be re-instated on the appli- cation of the entryman's heirs, made within a reasonable time after learning the facts.. 569 Re-instatement of, for the benefit of heirs not barred by the unsuccessful contest of one of the heirs against an intervening en- try alleging priority of settlement.....
Right of married woman to make, recog nized...
May be equitably confirmed when the fail- ure to effect reclamation within the statu- tory period is due to obstacles that could not be overcome.....
Second, may be allowed where the first, through mistake, was for untillable land .. 557 The right to make second, accorded when the first, through no fault of the entryman, was made for land covered by a prior bona fide pre-emption claim
Application to make second, pending on motion for review, at the passage of the act of March 2, 1889, secures to the applicant the benefit of said act to the exclusi on of intervening adverse claims....
Right to make additional, under the act of March 2, 1889, accorded upon a pending ap- plication may be treated as a preferred right 78 Second, under act of March 2, 1889, not al- lowed for a quantity that, added to the first, will exceed 160 acres.....
Joint, may be allowed, in case of conflict- ing settlements prior to survey........
Conflicting rights, acquired through set- tlement prior to survey, adjusted by either party making entry, on condition that he tenders to the other an agreement to convey to him that portion of the land covered by his occupancy..
Made in good faith, in ignorance of the fact that the land was included within a hay reservation, may stand, where such reserva- tion is subsequently abandoned and the land restored to the public domain.............. 313
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