Iowa Central Railway Co. v. Iowa
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. In 1880, the Central Iowa Railway Company, which had become the owner, through foreclosure proceedings, of the railroad of the Central Railway Company of Iowa, leased to the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Company about eleven miles of said road, which lay between Manly Junction and Northwood, the northern terminus of the Central company’s road. The Burlington company took exclusive possession of the leased premises.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. In 1880, the Central Iowa Railway Company, which had become the owner, through foreclosure proceedings, of the railroad of the Central Railway Company of Iowa, leased to the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Company about eleven miles of said road, which lay between Manly Junction and Northwood, the northern terminus of the Central company’s road. The Burlington company took exclusive possession of the leased premises. In 1881 the citizens of Northwood made application to the state railroad commissioners for an order requiring the Central…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The contention of the plaintiff in error is that the proceeding instituted against it in the Supreme Court of Iowa was. an action for mandamus, and that no such action could lawfully be'' brought to compel it to operate the leased portion of its road until its legal duty to do so had been previously determined by the verdict of a jury. There was no assertion that the court below had no jurisdiction over the subject-matter. Nowhere in the answer or in the amendments to the answer filed on behalf of the company was it claimed that the proceeding was violative of the Constitution of the United…
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