PRIEST v. LAS VEGAS

No. 218.

232 U.S. 604 (1914)

PRIEST v. TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John D.W. Veeder for appellants.

Mr. Charles A. Spiess and Mr. S.B. Davis, Jr., for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Action for mandamus brought by appellants in the District Court of the county of San Miguel, then in the Territory of New Mexico, against appellees as trustees of the town of Las Vegas to require them to execute a deed or deeds to the property described in the petition. The appellees filed an answer to the petition and also a counterclaim. Those papers set out the history of the Las Vegas grant, preceding and...

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