Maxwell Land Grant Co. v. Dawson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of New Mexico, to recover of the defendant the possession of a large tract of land within what is known as the Beaubien and Miranda, or Maxwell land grant.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of New Mexico, to recover of the defendant the possession of a large tract of land within what is known as the Beaubien and Miranda, or Maxwell land grant. The declaration was in the ordinary form of a declaration, in ejectment, averring the right of the plaintiff to the possession of the entire Maxwell grant, and the unla.wful entry of the defendant into that portion thereof situate in the county of Colfax.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The controversy in this case relates to a tract of land within what is known as the Maxwell land grant, to a portion of which, about 1000 acres, described in the deed from Maxwell and wife to Dawson, it is admitted the defendant has a good title. Defendant, however, claims title to about 20,000 acres lying outside of the boundaries of the tract admitted to belong to him, which is the property in dispute. The case is before us upon certain errors assigned to the admission of testimony, and to the charge of the court.
■(1) The third assignment of error is taken to the’admission of the testimony…
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