Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-28
The decision is noteworthy for the fol-

The decision is noteworthy Tor the fol-
owing points: a,.
First: 1t cleans out the Beales-Inter
State Land company claim to 100000
of acres of land absolutely, not only as to
the portion occupied by the Maxwell land
grant but as to all of New Mexico east OF
the Rio Grande. While it was easy
enough to show that the claim failed to
touch the Maxwell grant, still Hon.
Frank Springer, the company's attorney,
made the issue, that the claim was void
entirely and fought the case on that basis
against most able counsel and strenuous
legal opposition and was successful, thus
relieving very large part of New Mexico
of the burden of clouded titles through
the agency of the Beales claim. Upon
the suggestions and the pleadings OF Mr..
Springer the supreme court went into the
question of the validity of the entire
claim and left the Inter State Beales grant
spectators not single nail whereupon
to hang another hope. That outfit can
never again harass anybody else with
their preposterous and fraudulent claim.
Second: The decision clinches the
title to the Maxwell land grant as a gen.
eral proposition beyond any future ques-
ton. 1t declares that "the action Of
congress in confirming it and the subse'
quent proceedings in the land depart
ment together with the proceedings in
the courts to set aside the patent, HAVE
CERTAINLY SETTLED THOSE QUESTIONS FOR
EVER" 1.-THE confirmation and patent
ing of the grant to Beaubien and Mirands
OPERATED TO DyEsT THE UNITED STATES OF
ALL THEIR RIGHTS TO THE LAND EMBRACED
IN THE GRANT," This language is I'm
mistakeable, and completely does ava!
with the claim still set up by few crank
that the minerals on the grant were ex
empted from the operations thereof, an
gives the entire title to everything EN-
braced within the grant to the grantees
The title to the grant and everything con
tanned therein and thereon is now. ah
solutely perfect.
The decision in this case must be YER
gratifying to Mr.. Frank Springer, tn
company's attorney, as the court followe
almost literally the language in bis argu
ment, adopts and sustains the propos
tons advanced by him and cites the sam
authorities and no others. 1t must b
not less gratifying to the Maxwell Ian
Grant company, as that corporation hs
spent immense amounts of money in d
veloping the grant, doing all in its row'
, to settle it up with good class of INN
grants and to bring into practical use tt
magnificent timber, coal, mineral, agr
8 cultural, grazing and water resources
e the property.
4 The New MEXICAN has Away defende
d the Maxwell Land Grant company an
its titles, not because it fsvors large co
porations, but because this journal b
lieved the company's title to be good
q law and equity; because the company hi
= shown commendable public spirit; hi
d treated the settlers and squatters upon
{ land fairly and justly; because it pu
chased the property in good faith, hi
paid large amount of money for it al
Y. was acting in public spirited and ben
~ as lung as the Cumpany CouLInues Il
It policy it can count upon the support
of this journal.
}, However, while this decision is
n course great pleasure to Mr.. Syringe
g it can not add very much to his reput
ton or fame as an attorney or a man
is one of the best posted men in Il
United States on land grant matter
- and the repeated successes he has scor
II in the court of highest jurisdiction in Il
~ United States conclusively prove tn
a our judgment OF his legal abilities and h
q intellect is the correct one. The M
Il MEXICAN takes great pleasure in co
graduating the Maxwell Land Ora
a company and Mr.. Springer upon tn
b latest magnificent and extremely valuah
. victory.