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/7 ?Jf | I find the following defects and irregularities in the title which I do not regard as vital, but to which your attention is called for the reasons hereinafter stated. The deed from Archibald Stewart, one of the children, to Helen «T* Stewart, M s mother, was made a few days prior to M s death and when he was only fourteen year s of ’pt.p' 0 # Archibald Ste war t being a uinor, his deed was voidable and SU.b j QCt to h X r?cXX X X 1. iXivhH 0* *—*? x X* yy .i./.ty X.r B: o x legal repressent at iv e s. The -?Lp U»i Ur . fi. , '%lOwover, that his mother, 0,21 Cl O x O C . l v 'f 1 »h >,LJ- hi. *. ? X ki 0 01 & XX tf/V" 0 1 J oi:i3& in the deed to you,, in my 0 j.) X i i. X O 21 euros this dof act. Oe 0 on. tii • 1/art s of ohis tract o^. land cox e convened to Helen 0 • o o c w o by quit-claim deeds by parties w h o a g olie time had no Gilxle to th© px Opei gy ox xxXv»t^rost xxx tii-ix/ie oclxto^ tunn oon^x acgs ~x oxn gxxo o g u c o 04. ITev&da for the purchase of the land and upon which only small payment s • had been made. Recently the payments to the State have been completed and patents obtained. A careful examination of the statutes and decisions of l~evad& has -convinced me that the title subsequently acquired by the grantors in the quit-claim deeds inures to the benefit of the grantee Helen S • Stewart. The water used on this land arises from several large springs m Ucvo t j i l w*>i u iliiil, uile* O X O S OX iil.i.'*£>? M / d»C t # * ti h iX O 02X ij t Xj/ and exclusively used for irrigating and cultivating the lands in question for more than w e n t y years• There has been no other appropriation or use of any of the water flowing from these springs. The water right, therefore, appears to be absolute. During the negotiations with Hra, Stewart, and before the deal was closed, a written statement was prepared under her direction,