BROWN v. GRANT & Others

Citations

• 116 U.S. 207
• 6 S. Ct. 357
• 29 L. Ed. 598
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1754

Syllabus

<p>A statute of the Territory of Colorado authorized a board of managers to receive a conveyance of a site in Denver for the Capitol of the Territory. A., by warranty deed, conveyed a tract for such site to the board “for the purpose of erecting a capitol and other buildings thereon only.” The Territory made no use of the tract before the admission of Colorado as a State. After its admission, A. executed and put on record a deed annulling the gift, and took possession of the tract, and was in possession when he brought this suit. The bill set forth these facts, alleged that the board' was about to take possession of the tract for the purpose of erecting buildings thereon, and prayed an injunction. All parties to the suit were citizens of Colorado. Held, That if the facts raised any Federal question, they did not show that A was about to be deprived of his property without just compensation.'</p>