Brazee v. Schofield — Opinion of the Court
“ It is undoubtedly true that the donation act requires for the completion of the settler's right to a patent not only that he should reside upon the land and cultivate it for four years, but that he should notify the surveyor general of the precise land he claims. ”
Brazee v. Schofield — Opinion of the Court
“ Indeed, by the eighth section of the act of 1850, it was provided that upon the death of any settler before the expiration of the four-years continued possession required, the rights of the deceased should escend to the heirs at law of such settler, including his widow, where one was left, in equal parts, and that proof of compliance with the conditions of the act up to the time of his death should be sufficient to entitle them to a patent. ”
Brazee v. Schofield — Opinion of the Court
“ By the fourth section of this act, a grant of land was made to every white settler or occupant of the public lands in Oregon above the age of eighteen years, who was a citizen of the United States, or had made a declaration according to law of his intention to become a citizen, or who should make such declaration on or before the first day of December, 1851, and who was at that time a resident of the territory, or might become a resident before December 1, 1850, and who should reside upon and cultivate the same for four consecutive years, and otherwise conform to the provisions of the act. ”
