West Wisconsin R. Co. v. Board of Supervisors of Trempealeau Cty.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
The facts of this case are substantially.the same with those of Tucker =v. Ferguson, 22 Wall. 527, and the question presented for our determination does not vary materially from the one there decided.
The United States granted certain lands to the State of Wisconsin to aid in the construction of railroads in that State: The State transferred a portion of the lands to the plaintiff in error for the purpose and upon the terms and conditions specified hy Congress.
Patents for designated quantities of the land were to issue to the company as successive sections of the road of twenty miles each were…
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