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NADEAU v. UNION PACIFIC R.R. CO.

No. 119.

253 U.S. 442 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 570

64 L.Ed. 1002

NADEAU ET AL. v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.E. Crane, with whom Mr. Z.T. Hazen and Mr. J.B. Larimer were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. R.W. Blair and Mr. N.H. Loomis, with whom Mr. H.W. Clark was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant in error brought this action to obtain possession of certain lands, formerly part of the Pottawatomie Indian Reservation and now in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, which lie in the margins of the 400-foot strip claimed by it as legal successor to the original grantee. Counsel for plaintiffs in error well say, but one question is presented for our determination — "Were the lands involved in this...

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