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SENECA NATION v. CHRISTY

No. 180.

162 U.S. 283 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 828

40 L.Ed. 970

SENECA NATION, v. CHRISTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Strong for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Norris Morey for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of ejectment brought by the Seneca Nation of Indians against Harrison B. Christy in the Supreme Court, Erie County, New York, to recover possession of "all that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the town of Brant, county of Erie and State of New York, and known and distinguished as being lot number twenty-five (25) in the tract of land known as being the three...

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