Little v. Giles
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIEOHIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
The original bill in this case was filed in January, 1882, in the District Court of Lancaster County, in the State of Nebraska, to quiet the title of the complainants, some seventy in number, to certain lots of land in and about the town of Lincoln in that State, severally owned by them (as they allege), and derived under conveyances in fee from one Edith J. Dawson. The bill alleges that Jacob Dawson died seized of the lands in 1869, and by his will, dated June 15 of that year, gave to his wife, the said Edith, all his real and personal estate, to be and remain hers, with full power, right,…
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