The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1914-02-14

PENDANTS in Suit No. l6 or We will bring
entirely new suits against them.
"We shall make every effort to bring
this long-drawn-out litigation to a
prompt termination. In our efforts TO
do so we have the very hearty coop
Grafton of the Department of Justice
and General Land Office, which will in
few days send here special agent
to prepare full abstracts of the land
from the conveyance records of the
various parishes and to stay on the
Job until we have been furnished with
abstracts and all necessary data to
proceed.
1.-The settlers are entitled to have
their rights in the matter tested by
final decree of the court, and to know
what rights they have, and to this end
this office will put forth its most vigo-
rous efforts Not only will Suit No. Is
be brought to final judgment, but We
will file several test cases to determine
the rights of settlers whose claims are
not embraced in Suit No. .16, which
claims mot be embraced in Suit No. l6)
it is contended by the New Orleans Pa
cific Railroad Company and its assigns,
are barred by the statue of limitations,
being Act of Congress of March 5, 1896,
providing that all suits to cancel pat
ents shall be filed within FIVE years for
patents already issued and six years
for patents thereafter issued. We will
contend that this statute does not APP
ply to patents issued under this grant,
which grant by its express terms ex-
Guided lands occupied by actual settlers
at the time of the definite location OF
the road"
The following is list of the Gould
tracts and terms On which they will be
compromised:
William Henderson: Deed to home
stead and $500 in cash.
i R. B. McInnis: Deed to land and
s. SO per thousand for timber on one
half the underestimate to be made by
government agent and representative
of Goulds.
4 John G. Mitchell: Goulds to make
deed to land and pay $3.50 cash in addi-
ton to what has heretofore been paid.
i L. N. Kelley: Goulds to make deed
to land, reserving timber on eighty
acres to be pointed out by kelly, and tc
pay $500.
George c. Robertson: Goulds to make
deed to land, no reservation of remain
ing timber, and to pay $500.
/ Ransom Robertson: Goulds to make
deed to all land, reserying timber or
eighty acres, and to pay $500 cash.
). X. w. johnson: Goulds to make deco
to the three forties claimed by them
and to pay $1,000. Grant Timber anC
Manufacturing Co., vendees of Goulds
to make deed to forty claimed by them
: and pay $500.
John Crump: Heretofore sold b.
Crump to Ball Lumber Co. To be elimi
mated from suit.
. Peter Welsh: Not now occupied o
claimed by original settler. To b
eliminated from suit.
: w. R. Corley: Goulds to make dee,
! to land, retaining timber, and to pa,
$3.50 cash.
Thomas B. Bradshaw: Goulds to Civ
deed to land, having already bough
and paid for timber.
Abel Dixon: Deed heretofore mad
to Dixon. Tract to be eliminated.
Wyley Terrell: Goulds to make dee
to Terrell to part of tract claimed b
!, them, and to pay him $1,000 for timber
Jacob Gunter: Goulds to make dee
to land, reserving timber as per agree
v ment with Gunter.
. Thomas E. Langston: Deed to b
. made to Langston. he having been sci
n tied with for timber.
!. Andrew j. Strange: Deed to be mad
to land, he having been settled wit
for timber
10 a. y. hlrkpatrick. Iced 70 De mao
to kirkpatrick assignee to the lane
and 81. ESQ paid.
E.. p Martin: Deed to be made b
Goulds. and $3.50 paid for timber cut.
!. Charles Neesmyth: Deed to be mad
!. to his assignee to land. reserving tn
y timber. and 81 $50 cash to be paid.
y. James w. Mitchell: Land to be dee,
u ed to assignee, N. A. McInnes.
= Buck Harper: Gou,ds to make dee
!. to land, having previously paid fe
II timber.
l. Gilbert Brown: Goulds to make dee
10 to land and pay $1,000 for timber {
r land not containing Bro WIS improv'
y ments.