LYLE v. PATTERSON

No. 167.

228 U.S. 211 (1913)

LYLE v. PATTERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Madison B. Davis and Mr. Alfred Pizey for appellant submitted.

Mr. George C. Scott, with whom Mr. W.D. Boies and Mr. William Milchrist were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad, claiming to have earned the land under the act of May 12, 1864, 13 Stat. 72, c. 84, sold a quarter-section in 1887, to Pasco, who bought in good faith believing that the company was entitled to a grant from the State. He conveyed his interest to Patterson, who pending the litigation between the...

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