Seneca Nation of Indians v. Christie
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made October 19, 1888, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff has a right to bring this action. (Laws of 1845, chap. 150, § 1; Code. Civ.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made October 19, 1888, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff has a right to bring this action. (Laws of 1845, chap. 150, § 1; Code. Civ. Pro. § 419.) The plaintiff being a nation of Indians, the Statute of Limitations does not apply to or affect its right to bring this action. (McGammon v. Straghtley, 32 Kan. 524; 5 Pet.…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover one hundred acres of land in the county of Erie.
The general facts are undisputed. The land in question is a part of a tract of more than 87,000 acres or 135 square miles of land situate in.Erie and other counties in the western part of the state, which prior to August 31, 1826, and for a period extending back to about the middle of the seventeenth century, had been in the occupation of the Seneca Nation of Indians, claiming dominion by conquest from other aboriginal tribes.
On the day mentioned (August 31,1826), at a public council <qf the…
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