The article discusses the disposition of the Maxwell land grant in an ownership dispute, which was decided in the Territorial Supreme Court and affirmed by the US Supreme Court. The word “baby” in the title refers to the fact that this was Judge McFie’s first case that he wrote an opinion. The land dispute addresses the selling of the land to the Maxwell land grant by the widow of Alfred Bent.
| Document Type: | Newspaper Article |
| Historical Event: | Statehood (1912) |
| Sub Event: | Land Grants |
| Origin: | Santa Fe New Mexican |
| Date: | January 31, 1891 |
| Author: | Not Cited |
| Permission: | Public Domain |
| Contributor: | Roger Zimmerman |
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