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ANDERSON V. CLUNE, 269 U. S. 140 (1925)

269 U. S. 140

U.S. Supreme Court

Anderson v. Clune, 269 U.S. 140 (1925)

Anderson v. Clune

No. 331

Submitted October 5, 1925

Decided November 16, 1925

269 U.S. 140

Syllabus

A soldier's additional homestead right (Rev.Stats. § 2306) is an inheritable property right which, if not exercised or transferred by the donee, passes to his estate as other property, subject only to the exercise of the rights given by § 2307 to the widow and minor orphan children. Webster v. Luther, 163 U. S. 331. P. 269 U. S. 141.

Answer to a question certified by the circuit court of appeals on an appeal from a decree of the district court holding Anderson as trustee of a piece of land patented to him, which Clune claimed under a prior entry based on an assignment of an additional homestead right made by heirs of a deceased soldier.


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