Brewster v. Kansas City, L. & S. K. Ry. Co.

This is a proceeding in equity to set aside the patent to a body of land in southern Kansas. There can be no question of the right of the government to maintain such a suit when either the ministerial officers have issued a patent for lands not subject to a patent, or not within the scope of the grants made by congress; (U. S. v. Stone, 2 Wall. 525 ; Leavenworth, L. & G. R. Co. v. U. S., 92 U. S. 740;) or when such officers have been imposed upon by false and fraudulent representation. U. S. v. Minor, 114 U. S. 233; S. C. 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 836. A case involving the title to the same lands was…