Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Cook
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. This was an action of ejectment brought by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, and the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, a corporation of Missouri, in the District Court of Labette County, Kansas, August 17,1887, against J. B. Cook and L. H. Printz, to recover possession of certain real estate situated in the city of Chetopa in that county, and described in the petition.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. This was an action of ejectment brought by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company, a corporation of the State of Kansas, and the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, a corporation of Missouri, in the District Court of Labette County, Kansas, August 17,1887, against J. B. Cook and L. H. Printz, to recover possession of certain real estate situated in the city of Chetopa in that county, and described in the petition. Defendants filed a general denial. The case was tried by the court on an agreed statement of facts, and judgment rendered…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Plaintiff claimed the premises in question as a part of its right of way, under and by virtue of the act of Congress approved July 26, 1866, entitled “An act granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the. construction of a Southern branch of the Union Pacific Bailway and Telegraph, from Fort Biley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas.” 14 Stat. 289, c. 270.
By this act five alternate sections of land per mile on each side of the road were granted to the State of Kansas for the use and benefit of the railroad company, and in case it appeared that the United States had “ when the line of said…
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