St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. McGee
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the supreme court of THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The facts are stated in the opinión of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
' This was an action of ejectment brought by the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company against Hugh McGee, to recover the possession of the N. \ of N. E. f sec, 17, T. 26, R. 11, in Stoddard County, Missouri. The Supreme Court of Missouri rendered judgment in 'favor of McGee. To reverse that judgment this writ of error was brought. The facts are these:
On the 9th of February, 1853, Congress passed an act granting certain lands to the States of Arkansas and Missouri to aid in building a railroad from a point on the Mississippi opposite the, mouth of the Ohio, by way of Little…
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