Usher v. Hollister

Doster, 0. J.

This was an action of ejectment brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error. The land in dispute originally belonged to the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company, subsequently changed in name to the Union Pacific Railway Company. February 23, 1863, the railroad company executed a contract of sale of the land to E. H. Van Deusen and B. F. Hopper, for the consideration of $245 cash, and four promissory notes of $122 each, payable in one, two, three and four years, *432respectively, with interest at six per cent, per annum. The only clause of the contract necessary…