McAlpine v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte court of common pleas; William G. Holt, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
CuNningham, J. :
This action was one in ejectment for the recovery of a three-fourths interest in a tract of land lying between the platted portion of what is now Kansas City, Kan., on the west, and the Missouri river on the east. The plaintiffs are the heirs of the proprietors of the original plat of Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kan. This tract in dispute is of irregular form, and, as originally delimited upon the plat, was from 700 to 900 feet wide and perhaps a mile long. Upon the plat it was designated and dedicated as “levee.” By reliction and…
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