UNITED STATES v. MISSOURI &C. RAILWAY

No. 317.

141 U.S. 358 (1891)

UNITED STATES v. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 19, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for appellants.

Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. A.L. Williams and Mr. Simon Sterne, (with whom on the brief were Mr. A.T. Britton and Mr. James Hagerman,) for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, appellee.

Mr. William Lawrence, on behalf of settlers, for appellants.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity by the United States for the cancellation of certain patents for lands in Allen County, Kansas, of date respectively November 3, 1873, March 19, 1875, August 17, 1876, and April 23, 1877, and alleged to have been issued to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company without authority of law.

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