New Mexico, R. G. & P. R. Co. v. Crouch
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from dietriet court, Third judicial district, sitting in Grant county. Action of ejectment. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHenderson, J.
The plaintiff corporation brought ejectment against the defendants, John S. Crouch and others, named in the declaration, to recover possession of a plat of ground called “East Park” in the town of Deming. The railroad company had constructed a line of road from San Marcial, in Socorro county, to a junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, at Deming. The lands in controversy were within the terms of a grant by congress to the Texas & Pacific Railroad Company, and were withdrawn from sale or entry by the government, subject to the provisions of the Texas and Pacific grant. In this…
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- Ford v. WilsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1858
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