Legal Opinion

Interstate Land Co. v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 6, 1891No. 1267PublishedCited by 36 opinions

APPEAL PROM TEIE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar

This is a suit in equity, brought by the Interstate Land Company, a Colorado corporation, against the Maxwell Land Grant Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and doing business in Colorado, pursuant to the laws of that State, to establish its title to a large tract of land in Las Animas County, Colorado, for which the defendant has a United States patent, and to restrain the defendant from prosecuting certain suits in ejectment against. various parties who are tenants of the plaintiff. A demurrer to the original bill was sustained by the court…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. US v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo & OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. United States v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Dillon v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Fremont v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1855

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Chicot County v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Nortz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Brickell v. TrammelSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  4. Norman v. Kentucky Board of ManagersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1892
  5. Russell v. Maxwell Land Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895

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