Yeamans v. James
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. On July 13, 1857, the United States conveyed by patent to Silas Armstrong all of the land in Wyandotte county, Kansas, known as “ Wyandotte Reserve No. 1,” lying north of the Shawnee reserve, and between the Kaw and Missouri rivers and the line between the states of Missouri and Kansas.
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. On July 13, 1857, the United States conveyed by patent to Silas Armstrong all of the land in Wyandotte county, Kansas, known as “ Wyandotte Reserve No. 1,” lying north of the Shawnee reserve, and between the Kaw and Missouri rivers and the line between the states of Missouri and Kansas. At the date of the patent there were several settlers upon the land claiming rights under the preemption laws, and among them one Samuel P. Woods, the grantor of the plaintiff. Trouble and litigation concerning their respective claims arose between Armstrong, the patentee,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
It appears from the record in this case, that on April 24, 1857, Samuel P. Woods, the grantor of plaintiff, settled and filed his preemption claim on a tract of land in section 14, range 25, township 11, in Wyandotte county, containing about eighty acres, and being a part of the lands in controversy; that on July 13, 1857, the United States conveyed by patent to Silas Armstrong this land, together with certain other lands, all known as “ Wyandotte Reserve No. 1,” lying north of the Shawnee reserve, between the Kaw and the Missouri rivers…
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