BURFENNING v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL &C. R'Y.

No. 277.

163 U.S. 321 (1896)

BURFENNING v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James W. Lawrence for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas Wilson for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

The title of plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, rests on a patent from the United States, of date June 13, 1884. This patent was issued under Rev. Stat. § 2306, granting additional homestead lands to soldiers and sailors who served in the war of the rebellion. The record discloses that on April 7, 1873, John Van Anker entered as a homestead at Cawker City, Kansas, the E. ½ of N.W. ¼ section 12...

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