The executors of the estate secured writs of ejectment in suits against tenants in arrears. They had no seisin, nor a trespass, and therefore, ejectment could not be effected. Creighton brought a legal action of ejectment to obtain possession of it. In the ejectment action, Springer challenged the constitutionality of the 1864 Act. The prevailing legal view was that the Pueblo could not obtain ejectment against those settlers. The phrase formed part of the title of the old action of ejectment. He exhibited his first picture, "The Notice of Ejectment", in 1856. Between 1964 and 1970 all non-white (mainly Indian) residents were issued ejectment orders.