Buchanan v. St. Louis & M. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Suit by R. .E. Buchanan, trustee, against the St. Louis & Memphis Railroad Company and others. A motion to dismiss the bill was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
By this suit the plaintiff sought to quiet his title to about 40,000 acres of land in Arkansas. A motion to dismiss ihe bill was sustained, and plaintiff below appeals. The question involved is whether the bill states a cause of action. There are .two separate tracts of land involved, and the decision as to them depends on somewhat different facts.
One tract of land, which Thomas H. McCray assumed to convey to the St. Louis & ¡Memphis Railroad Company, will be referred to as the McCray laud, and the other tract, which Isaac Saffron assumed to convey to the tabroad…
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