Seneca Nation v. Christy
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
This was an action of ejectment brought by the Seneca Nation of Indians against Harrison B. Christy in the Supreme Court, Erie County, New York, to recover possession of “all that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the town of Brant, county of Erie and State of New York, and known and distinguished as being lot number twenty-five (25) in the tract of land known as being the three thousand eight hundred and forty acre tract taken from the Cattaraugus Indian reservation, as surveyed by James Bead, surveyor, and commonly known as the mile strip in the said town of Brant,…
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