Central Branch Union Pacific Rld. v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of Kansas
JE/rror from Atchison District Cowrt. Nancy J. Wilcox, as plaintiff, filed her petition, against the Railroad Company as defendant, alleging that on the 2d of January 1866, the then Secretary of the Interior executed and issued to said Railroad Company two certain certificates of purchase, copies of which are fully set forth in the opinion,' infra, and that afterward, on the 10th of August 1866, the said defendant, “by S. C. Pomeroy, its president, agent and…
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JE/rror from Atchison District Cowrt. Nancy J. Wilcox, as plaintiff, filed her petition, against the Railroad Company as defendant, alleging that on the 2d of January 1866, the then Secretary of the Interior executed and issued to said Railroad Company two certain certificates of purchase, copies of which are fully set forth in the opinion,' infra, and that afterward, on the 10th of August 1866, the said defendant, “by S. C. Pomeroy, its president, agent and attorney-in-fact, in that behalf by it thereunto duly appointed and authorized,” for value received, made, executed and delivered to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
Suit was brought in the court below by defendant in error to compel a conveyance to her from plaintiff in error of two certain specified tracts of land, being part and parcel of the Kickapoo Reservation in Atchison county. The plaintiff below bases her case upon two certificates of purchase issued by the United' States government to the defendant below, of date January 2d 1866, which had passed into plaintiff’s possession, and upon two written instruments written upon the same pieces of paper with said certificates, executed by S. C.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Butler v. KaulbackSupreme Court of Kansas · 1871
- Commissioners Douglas County v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- Mo. River, Fort Scott & Gulp Rld. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1872
- Parker v. WinsorSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
- School District v. CarterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Tenney v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
- Heath v. FichoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1929