Legal Opinion

Sheldon v. Donohoe

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error from Franklin District Court. Ejectment, by Sheldon against Donohoe. Judgment for defendant, at the January term, 1887. The plaintiff brings the case here. The material facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

This was an action of ejectment, brought by H. F. Sheldon against Henry Donohoe to recover 160 acres of land in Franklin county, and the judgment in the district court of which complaint is here made was in favor of the defendant. The land is a part of the Chippewa and Christian *347Indian Reservation, set apart for a band of the Chippewa Indians, and also a band of the Munsee or Christian Indians. The treaty providing that these bands should be united also stipulated that a certain part of the land so reserved should be set apart and assigned…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Clark v. AkersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
  2. Scoffins v. GrandstaffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1874
  3. Rice v. StevensSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
  4. Stevens v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1864

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Goodrum v. BuffaloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
  2. United States v. 7,405.3 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1938
  3. Schrimpscher v. StocktonSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Stevens v. ElliottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
  5. Patterson v. CarterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921

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