Legal Opinion
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma v. KAN.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided November 12, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-2435-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment. Oral argument was held on July 19, 1985. This dispute centers around a land patent dated April 19, 1865, which plaintiff claims is void on its face.
The uncontroverted facts for the purposes of this motion are as follows. The land in question comprises 11.97 acres located in Johnson County, Kansas, and is known as the Shawnee Mission State Park. This land was originally contained within three sections of land patented to the Reverend Thomas Johnson and his heirs.…
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