Watkins Land Co. v. Creps
Citations
- 72 Kan. 333
- 83 P. 969
- 1905 Kan. LEXIS 349
Syllabus
<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Contracts — Timber Claim — Sale before Patent. Section 2 of the act of congress of June 14, 1878, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies’ ” (20 U. S. Stat. at L., ch. 190, p. 113), is not an inhibition on the privilege of a person who enters land and cultivates timber thereon to contract, before he secures his patent, to sell the land after he makes his final proof, and such a contract is not void by reason of the provisions of such section.</p>
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- proof of loss defenses were not open to the defendant because it gave no notice of them in its pleadings
- proof of loss defenses were not open to the defendant because it gave no notice of them in its pleadings
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Judges: Greene
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