Peterson v. Sloss’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The patent, however, was issued under the homestead law, and the respondent and her grantors knew, and were chargeable with notice, that the patent was preceded by final proof, and that the entryman had full power to convey or incumber the property at any time after final proof was made. . . . The title was an equitable one, it is true, but the right to transfer it is acknowledged by all the authorities.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kent Lumber Co. v. Clarke