Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. Harris
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 5, 1907No. 15,115PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Error from Saline district court; Rollin R. Rees, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
On April 22, 1861, Bernhard Blou settled upon a quarter-section of “unoffered” government land, and on May 13 in the same year he.filed a declaratory statement claiming a right thereto under the preemption law.. He remained continuously in possession, but on September 5, 1865, he entered the land as a homestead. He proved it up as such December 8, 1870, receiving a patent March 15, 1872.
On July 1, 1862, congress passed an act (12 U. S. Stat. at L. p. 489) incorporating the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and giving to it and to the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Union Pacific Railroad v. WeaverSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922