United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was commenced by the United States in the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska. A decree was there made giving the plaintiff the relief it asked for. 50 Fed. Eep. 28. An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, where the decree of the Circuit Court was reversed. 19 U. S. App. 531. From that decree the United States took this appeal.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was commenced by the United States in the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska. A decree was there made giving the plaintiff the relief it asked for. 50 Fed. Eep. 28. An appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, where the decree of the Circuit Court was reversed. 19 U. S. App. 531. From that decree the United States took this appeal. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
This suit was brought by the United States against the Union Pacific Eailway Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company under the authority of the act of Congress'of August 7, 1888, c. JY2, 25 Stat. 382, supplementary to the act commonly known as the Pacific Eailroad act of July 1, 1862, c. 120, 12-Stat. 489, and to the act of July 2, 1864, c. 216, 13 Stat. 356, and other acts amendatory of the act of 1862.
By the first section of the above act of 1888, it is provided that all railroad and telegraph companies to which the United States have granted any subsidy in lands or bonds or loan of…
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