Jensen v. Finnup

Citations

• 100 Kan. 457
• 164 P. 1071
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 350

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>School Lands — Island Lands — Settlement Thereon — Preliminary Proceedings to Acquire Title Fatally Defective. In a proceeding by a settler under chapter 295 of the Laws of 1913 to acquire title to a tract of island land the survey which he caused to be made, the affidavit of settlement which he filed and the notice of the proceeding given by the county .clerk described land other than that settled upon and which constituted no part of an island, and no statement was made by the surveyor as to the nature and flow of the water in the stream which surrounds the lands sought to be appropriated. Held, that the noncompliance of the settler with the statutory requirements justified the court in dismissing the proceeding.</p>