Benner v. Lane
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
In Equity. Suit to set aside patent to certain real estate and to quiet title in complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
This case is brought to settle the conflicting claims of the plaintiff and defendant to the ownership of the southwest quarter of section 5, township 95, range 42 W., of 5th P. M., situated in O’Brien county, Iowa, which land's were within the limits of the grant made by congress to the state of Iowa under date of May 12, 1864, of certain lands to aid in the construction of a line of railway from the Minnesota state line to the city of Sioux City, Iowa, and the case is one of the class which is described iri the opinion given by this court in Manley v. Tow, 110 Fed.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co. v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Clements v. WarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Moss v. DowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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- Brett v. MeisterlingU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1902