Ware v. Hitchcock

Citations

• 65 Kan. 328
• 69 P. 355
• 1902 Kan. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Title and Ownership — Preemption of Public Lands — Osage Trust and Diminished Reserve. Prior to May 9,1872, the general principles of the preemption laws did not apply to the entry and purchase of Osage trust and diminished reserve lands, and where a settlement was made upon such land, but the settler died before taking any steps to procure title to the land, and where the widow of such settler, who was herself a qualified purchaser, made an entry and purchase of such land in her own name before May 9,1872, complete title will be in her, and will not inure to the benefit of the heirs of her deceased husband.</p>