Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT- OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This suit was brought by the United States against the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company, pursuant to the act of Congress of March 3, 1887, providing for the adjustment of land grants in aid of the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands theretofore granted. 24 Stat. 556, c. 376. Upon its appearing that from any cause lands had been erroneously certified…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT- OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. This suit was brought by the United States against the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company, pursuant to the act of Congress of March 3, 1887, providing for the adjustment of land grants in aid of the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands theretofore granted. 24 Stat. 556, c. 376. Upon its appearing that from any cause lands had been erroneously certified or patented to or for the use and benefit of any company to- aid in the construction of a railroad, it became the duty…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Justice Harlan,
after stating the case as above re-reported, delivered the opinion of the court.'
1. The lands now in dispute are part of the 85,457.40 acres patented by the United States to Iowa for the use and benefit of the Sioux City company, but never conveyed by the State to that company.
If the company has received as much of tbe puhlic lands as it was entitled to have on account of' constructed road, may not the lands in dispute — the time limited by Congress for the completion of the entire road having passed — be regarded as “undisposed of” within the meaning of section four of the…
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