Statutes providing for the reimbursement of a bona fide occupant and claimant of land, on Its recovery by the true owner, to the extent to which lasting improvements made by him have increased the value of the land, and generally giving him a lien therefor. Jones v. Great Southern Hotel Co., 80 Fed. 370, 30 C. C. A. 108. OCEAN 847 OFFENSE
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