NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. HASSE

No. 118.

197 U.S. 9 (1905)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HASSE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Bunn and Mr. James B. Kerr for plaintiff in error.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the Northern Pacific Railway Company in the Superior Court of Kittitas County, Washington, to recover possession of part of its right of way, the land being partly within and partly without a right of way of two hundred feet in width. Defendants asserted title by virtue of a homestead application, filed May 24, 1883, final...

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