Whitney v. Spratt

Citations

• 25 Wash. 62
• 64 P. 919
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 362

Syllabus

<p>PUBLIC LANDS — ■ CANCELLATION OP ENTRY-NOTICE TO TRANSFEREE OP ENTRYMAN.</p> <p>Under the rules of the land department of the federal government, the eaj parte cancellation of an entry of public land is invalid, where the entryman had transferred his rights therein to another and the government had actual notice of the transfer but failed to give the transferee notice of the proceedings for cancellation.</p> <p>SAME — -TIMBER LANDS CONSTRUCTION OP STATUTE.</p> <p>Under 20 St. at Large, 89, which provides for the sale of public lands, “valuable chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation,” a ruling by the commissioner of the general land office that lands which were chiefly valuable for timber at the time of entry, but which could be cultivated after the removal of the timber, were not purchaseable under the act, was erroneous.</p>