United States v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. In equity. Defendants demurred to the bill, and the demurrer was sustained and the bill dismissed. Plaintiffs appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
This is a suit in equity by the United States for the cancellation of certain patents for lands in Allen County, Kansas, of date respectively November 3,1873, March 19,1875, August 17, 1876, and April 23, 1877* and alleged to have been issued to the Missouri,'Kansas and Texas Railway Company without authority of law.
The institution of such a suit as this was recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in a communication addressed to the Attorney General under date of June 10, 1886. 4 Land Decisions, 573, 578 ; 5 Land Decisions, 280, 481. The present suit was not, however, brought until after…
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