Dale v. Griffith

Citations

• 93 Miss. 573
• 46 So. 543

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands. United States homestead entry. Final proof. Deeds by-homesteader before. Tested rights. Effect.</p> <p>A duly executed and recorded deed, purporting to convey his homestead, made by a government homestead entryman, after five years residence on the land and the making of final proof as required by statute (Rev. Stat. XJ. S. § 2291) but before forwarding the same to the land office, invests the grantee with a title thereto as against the grantor and those holding under him by deed subsequently executed after the entryman had forwarded his proof to, and received his final receipt from, the land office*</p>