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MAXWELL LAND GRANT COMPANY v. DAWSON

No. 1065.

151 U.S. 586 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 458

38 L.Ed. 279

MAXWELL LAND GRANT COMPANY, v. DAWSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.B. Catron and Mr. Frank Springer for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Andrieus A. Jones for defendant in error, to the third assignment of error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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