Aztec Land & Cattle Co. v. County of Navajo
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for the County of Navajo. Eichard E. Sloan, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKent, C. J.
This cause comes before this court upon the assignment of the plaintiff and appellant that the court below erred in sustaining defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint. Prom the complaint it appears that in the month of May, 1886, the Atlantic and Pacific Eailroad Company, for a valuable consideration, made, executed, and delivered to the plaintiff its warranty deed to certain lands, being what are known as indemnity lands to the grant to the railroad company, and commonly called “lieu lands”; that the railroad company duly and regularly selected all of such lands *309“long since,” hut that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Price CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Ryan v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Jones v. Board of CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1880
- Hunnewell v. Cass CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1875
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Aztec Land and Cattle Co. v. Navajo Realty Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1955