Supreme Court of the United States May 18, 1872 (Easley v. Kellom)

81 U.S. 279 20 L.Ed. 890 14 Wall. 279 EASLEY v. KELLOM ET AL. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska; the case being thus: On the 25th of June, 1857, Harrison Johnson having, as he supposed, the west half of a pre-emption right of 160 acres within the limits of the city of Omaha, gave a mortgage or deed of trust on it to secure the payment of his note to