Maynes v. Veale
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Ejectment, brought by Susan Maynes, a Pottawatomie Indian woman, to recover eighty acres of land allotted to her under the Pottawatomie Treaty of 15th November 1861.* The land was subsequently patented to one Anthony F. Navarre, under the supposed authority of the Treaty of 27th February 1867.† Navarre and wife, 25th June 1870, conveyed the land, by deed, to George W. Yeale.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Ejectment, brought by Susan Maynes, a Pottawatomie Indian woman, to recover eighty acres of land allotted to her under the Pottawatomie Treaty of 15th November 1861.* The land was subsequently patented to one Anthony F. Navarre, under the supposed authority of the Treaty of 27th February 1867.† Navarre and wife, 25th June 1870, conveyed the land, by deed, to George W. Yeale. Afterward, Yeale and wife conveyed different portions of the land to A. O. Sherman, Jesse Coover, and T. W. Meserve, respectively; and said grantees severally conveyed or incumbered some…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff in the court below, to recover the possession of the west half of the northeast quarter of section 34, in township 10, of range 13, situate in Shawnee county. The second trial of the case was had by the court, without the intervention of a jury, and the court found as conclusions of fact, as follows:
1st. — The plaintiff’s maiden name was Susan Latranch. At the commencement of this action, plaintiff was a married woman, and of the age of eighteen…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Kansas IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Waterson v. DevoeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
- Farrington v. WilsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- Krause v. MeansSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
3Cited by5 opinions
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- McGannon v. StraightlegeSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
- Baldwin v. LetsonCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1897
- Briggs v. SampleDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1890
- Kelly v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928