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1.768 documents for color of title and adverse possession

- De Lamar's Nev. Gold Mining Co. v. Nesbitt, 177 U.S. 523 (1900)
... as the Fraction mine, to quiet plaintiff's title and that of his cotenants to the Fraction mine, an..., and since May 15, 1892, had been in possession of the Fraction mining claim, pursuant to the laws... which patent plaintiff Nesbitt filed an adverse claim as to so much of the Sleeper mine as was emb... the purpose of showing or tending to show color of title and adverse possession in the Nesbitts an...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Beatty v. Benton, 135 U.S. 244 (1890)
...[Page 135 U.S. 244, 245]. color, of Augusta, 'to-wit, Fanny Gardner, the wife of T... should take place, to sell and make titles to it, provided the consent of the said Frances an... and the plaintiff and Frances took possession of the property; that afterwards Frances, having m... the property occupied by her, by actual adverse possession of the same for 20 years, and Frances h...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- From colorblindness to antibalkanization: an emerging ground of decision in race equality cases.
... as avoiding a potential violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits ... especially by those individuals who are adversely affected by a given classification." (52) But in B... sentences for crack and cocaine possession. See United States v. Clary, 34 F.3d 709, 712 (8th...
- Yale Law Journal
- Vol. 120 Nbr. 6, April 2011

- Dibble v. Bellingham Bay Land Co., 163 U.S. 63 (1896)
... 1891, seeking a decree quieting plaintiff's title to certain lands therein described, and establishi..., 1862, the said Eldridge entered into possession of all of the said donation claim of Thomas Jones ... are, in the actual, open, notorious, and adverse possession of all of the said property, under claiim and color of title, excepting only the small parcels hereinb...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Adverse Possession
is the taking of title to real estate by possessing it for a certain period of time. Title means ownership of real estate. The person claiming title to real estate by must have actual possession of it that is open, notorious, exclusive and adverse to the claims of other persons to the title. By its very nature, a claim of is hostile to the claims of other persons. It cannot be hidden but must be open and notorious in order to put other persons on notice as to one's claim for possession of the real estate. A claim to title by often must be made under color of title. Color of title means a claim to title by way of a fact which, although on its face appears to support a person's claim to title, is in some w...
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- Harpending v. Minister of Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of City of New York, 41 U.S. 455, 16 Pet. 455 (1842)
... Church had, for some time past, had possession of the lands allotted to John H. Haberdinck by the... of the undivided parcel, and alleged title to some shares of it, by deeds from the other tena... or holding a valid title thereto by adverse possession; and was, at the time of Haberdinck's d... down, it does not show on what title, or color of title, that claim was founded. On the contrary,...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 28 CFR 50.14 - Guidelines on employee selection procedures.
...A. Procedure Having Adverse Impact Constitutes Discrimination Unless Justified... which discriminate on grounds of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. They are desi... validity studies or other data in the possession of the employer, it should obtain and have availab...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 28: Judicial Administration
- Missouri Valley Land Co. v. Wiese, 208 U.S. 234 (1908)
...This controversy concerns the title to a 40-acre tract within an overlap. . We state ... and remained in open, continuous, and adverse possession of the land, farm- . [Page 208 U.S. 234... in favor of one in adverse possession under color of title. Deseret Salt Co. v. Tarpey, and Toltec R...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Gary R. Marshall, Leonard E. Chamberlain, Jr., and Roxy R. Chamberlain, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company, Russell G. Forgey, J. Kent Kinniburgh, James H. Lyle, Forgey Ranch Company and Casper Creek Development, Inc., Defendants-Appellants., 31 F.3d 1028 (10th Cir. 1994)
...Without tracing the complete chain of title, we do note that in 1953 the See Ben Realty Compan... the former right of way by virtue of adverse possession. The plaintiffs filed a motion for summ..., continuous and under a claim of right and color of title. On appeal, both CNWT and Casper Creek De...
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- Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. Blumer, 206 U.S. 482 (107)
... court of Woodbury county, quieting the land title of Claude F. Blumer, defendant in error, as agains... been in open, notorious, continuous, and adverse possession for more than ten years under a claim o... of the premises under a claim of right and color of title, and that plaintiff was then in possessio...
- U.S. Supreme Court