NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY v. SLAGHT

No. 152.

205 U.S. 122 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 442

51 L.Ed. 738

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SLAGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles W. Bunn, with whom Mr. James B. Kerr was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error in this case and in No. 153 argued simultaneously herewith:1

Mr. U.L. Ettinger, Mr. Thomas Neill and Mr. W.E. McCroskey for defendant in error in No. 152, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment brought by defendant in error against plaintiffs in error in the Superior Court in and for the county of Whitman, State of Washington, for land situate in the town of Palouse.

The trial court adjudged defendant in error the owner in fee simple of the land sued for, and that the plaintiffs in error were in the possession and occupation...

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