Maxwell Land-Grant Case
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The United States filed this bill in equity to set aside a patent dated May 19, 1879, granting to Charles Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda, 1,714,764.94 acres of land in New Mexico and Colorado. The location of the land Us shown on Map No. 2, in the opinion of the court.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The United States filed this bill in equity to set aside a patent dated May 19, 1879, granting to Charles Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda, 1,714,764.94 acres of land in New Mexico and Colorado. The location of the land Us shown on Map No. 2, in the opinion of the court. After, the taking of proof by complainant 'an amended bill was filed December 5, 1883. The respondents demurred, and the demurrer being overruled answered, and, after hearing, the bill was dismissed. From this decree the United States appealed. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Justice Miller
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
The decree from which this appeal is • taken dismissed a bill brought in that court by the United States against the Maxwell Land-Grant Company, the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, the Pueblo and Arkansas Valley Railroad Company; and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company. It was brought by the Attorney General of the United States, and its purpose was to have a decree setting aside and declaring void a patent from the- United…
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