Frederick v. Gray
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Cowrt. Ejectment, brought by Gray, to recover the possession of 64 acres of land. The action was tried at the March Term 1873, of the district court. Judgment for plaiiitiif, and the defendants, Fred. FredericJc and Sarah Dyer, bring the case here on error. The facts are .fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
*519The .opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Gray recovered a judgment in the district court of Wyandotte county for the possession of certain lands, to reverse which judgment this proceeding in error is brought. The land in controversy was patented to Sarah Hicks, an orphan Wyandotte Indian, under the provisions of the 4th article of the treaty of January 31st, 1855, between the United States and the Wyandotte tribe of Indians. The patent bore date September 1st, 1859, and contained the usual restrictive clauses of such patents; among others, that the land was “not to be sold or…
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