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Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen, 238 U.S. 325 (1915)
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Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen, 238 U.S. 325 (1915)
Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen No. 165 Submitted March 3, 1915 Decided June 14, 1915 238 U.S. 325
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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The effect of riparian rights, attached to land conveyed by patent of the United States, depends upon the local law.
As a general rule, meanders are not to be treated as boundaries, and when the United States conveys a tract of land by patent referring to an official survey which shows the same bordering on a navigable river, the purchaser takes title up to the waterline.
Where the facts and circumstances, however, affirmatively disclose n intention to limit the grant to actual traverse lines, these must be treated as definite boundaries, and a patent to a fractional section does not necessarily confer riparian rights because of the presence of meanders.
Where, as in this case, the survey of improved lands was made at the express request of the occupant to whom they were subsequently patented, and the grant specified the number of acres, and other circumstances also indicated that only the lands conveyed were those within the traverse lines, the patent of the United States conferred no riparian rights, but simply conveyed the specified number of acres.
In a controversy between individuals as to the extent of the land conveyed by a patent of the United States, and to which the United States is not a party, nothing in the opinion or judgment should be taken to prejudice or impair any of the rights of the United States in the lands affected.
61 So. 754 affirmed. ,
The facts, which involve the title to property conveyed by a United States patent and the construction of such patent and the amount of land conveyed thereby, are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen, 238 U.S. 325 (1915) in 238 U.S. 325 238 U.S. 329. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9BU9V6JWG7HGCP.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen, 238 U.S. 325 (1915), in 238 U.S. 325, page 238 U.S. 329. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9BU9V6JWG7HGCP.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Producers Oil Co. v. Hanzen, 238 U.S. 325 (1915). cited in 1915, 238 U.S. 325, pp.238 U.S. 329. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D9BU9V6JWG7HGCP.
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