...enforced. The statutes of the United States, under •which such homestead entry was made, declare that "HO lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter...contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor." Sec. 2296, RS of US Did this section bar the claim of the plaintiff for a lien upon the land ? Upon...

...United States, it is undoubtedly true that "no lands acquired under the provisions of" that law can "in any event become liable to the satisfaction of...contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor." Such is the statute. Section 2296, Rev. St. US 421. This court has held that prior to such issuance...

...United States, it is undoubtedly true that "no lands acquired under the provisions of " that law can " in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt contracted prior to the issuing of Spiess vs. Neuberg and wife. the patent therefor." Such is the statute. Sec. 2296, ES of US This court...

...founded. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted,...

...and as section four of said act provides, " That no land acquired under the provisions of this act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the final certificate," it follows, that the " heirs or...

...thereof to the General Land Office, together with the proof upon which they have been founded. SEC. 2296. No lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter...contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor. SEC. 2297. If, at any time after the filing of the affidavit, as required in section twenty two hundred...

...determined as in other contested cases. SEC. 4. That no land acquired under the provisions of this Act shall, in any event, become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the final certificate therefor. SEC. 5. That the Commissioner...

...i>ri£r n d£b°s tuab1 ' >r And provided further, That no land acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the final certificate therefor. tain States and Territories,...

..."that no Jan. 1889.] Opinion of the Court — NASH, J. lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor," does not prevent the settler from...

...as a home, as a place of abode tor the entryman and his family, hence said home, said abode can not in any event become liable to the satisfaction of...contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor. In that provision of the law which requires a claimant to make affidavit that no part of the land has...