ALBRECHT v. U.S.

No. 81-2429.

831 F.2d 196 (1987)

Donald H. ALBRECHT and Rivermeadows Corporation, a Wyoming corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. McMahon, Jr., of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo. (Clyde O. Martz of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo., and Kenneth C. Bornholdt of Forster, Gemmill & Farmer, Los Angeles, Cal., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants.

John E. Lindskold, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., (David C. Shilton, Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., and Edward J. Shawaker, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., F. Henry Habicht II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Carol E. Dinkins, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard A. Stacy, U.S. Atty., Cheyenne, Wyo., with him on the briefs), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and BOHANON, Senior District Judge.


JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Donald H. Albrecht and the Rivermeadows Corporation (Albrecht) brought this action against the United States to quiet title to 265.01 acres of land along the Snake River in Teton County, Wyoming. Albrecht claimed title through mesne conveyances of five patents issued by the United States between 1913 and 1930 which described the land according to a 1902 survey. The government claimed that the survey's location of the Snake River was misplaced...

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