Mitchell arranged for the sheriff to seize the land, purchased it at public auction, and subsequently assigned it to Sylvester Pennoyer causing Neff to sue Pennoyer in 1874 in federal court to recover his land.
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Marcus Neff hired an attorney, John H. Mitchell, to help him with paperwork and other legal matters incidental to his efforts to obtain a land grant under the Donation Law of Oregon, an act of the United States Congress enacted on September 27, 1850 (expired December 1, 1855) which provided an incentive for the development of land in the territories of the American West by conveying parcels of land to be used for further development.
Tom Neff | Marcus Neff | John Neff | Henry H. Neff | Sylvester Pennoyer | Pat Morris Neff | William Pennoyer | William Neff Patman | Ray Neff | Peter Pennoyer | John Ryerson Neff | John Neff (investor) | Jay H. Neff |
He was the first in his family to attend college, starting at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, eventually finishing with a BS in Economics from Central Missouri State Teachers College.
While holding this job, he had accumulated enough money to join forces with Ben Taylor and the Coleman Brothers.
Using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer to analyze several hairs from Baker's head, Ray A. Neff, a professor at Indiana State University, determined the man was killed by arsenic poisoning rather than meningitis.
Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), American newspaper publisher; mayor of Kansas City 1904–05
Other appearances in fiction of The Red Branch and the story of The Cattle Raid Of Cooley and of Cúchulainn are featured in the series created by Henry H. Neff, called The Tapestry Series.
Henry H. Neff, Author of The Tapestry children's books series.
In the 3rd book of Henry H. Neff's The Tapestry series, Prusias is often associated by Max with this phrase, and when Prusias is angry, his shadow turns into a dragon.
Marcus Neff (1826–1896), American settler in Oregon; respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Pennoyer v. Neff