Bracken v. Union Pac. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of tlie United States for the Dis-rict of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of ejectment brought by the Union Pacific Railway Company against James A. Bracken to recover the possession of a half section of land in Merrick county, Neb. It is not controverted that the plaintiff acquired the legal title to the land under a patent issued to it by the United States in 1875. In addition to a general denial of the aver-ments of the plaintiff’s petition, the answer alleged that the defendant acquired title to the land under two tax deeds, one dated September 21, 1875, for one-half of the land, and the other dated January 31, 1876,…
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