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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid the Bundy 160 acre spread really just cost his Daddy $10.00 + 1.95 in fees?
Looking at the deed, it sure seems that way. Talk about the bargain of the century..
No wonder they love free stuff..
Link to original deed
link to story cotaining various familial links
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)which granted 160 acres (a quarter section) to homesteaders who resided on land for five years and made improvements in exchange for a nominal sum plus filing fees.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=31&page=transcript
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)It's pretty nice land.. I wonder why they would sell it so cheaply
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)1948? The Western states were experiencing the worst drought in decades (and Nevada is desert and arid land). It's not nice land if it needs to be irrigated and there's no water.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)They don't have to list the actual sales price, so almost all deeds say 10 dollars.
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)a nominal amount listed on almost all deeds, because a contract has to list at least some "consideration."
pnwmom
(108,994 posts)because some "consideration" has to pass between two parties to make a contract legal. I've never seen a deed that listed the actual amount there.