COFFEY v. HARLAN COUNTY

No. 177.

204 U.S. 659 (1907)

COFFEY v. COUNTY OF HARLAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.C. Flansburg, with whom Mr. R.O. Williams was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.W. Deweese, with whom Mr. W.A. Myers and Mr. W.S. Morlan were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error, a citizen of Kansas, brought an action of ejectment against the defendant in error, a citizen of Nebraska, in the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska, where there was judgment for the defendant, which is brought here by writ of error on a constitutional question. The land sought to be recovered was once the property of Ezra S. Whitney, through...

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