Legal Opinion

Missouri v. Iowa

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 3, 1896No. 10. OriginalPublishedCited by 5 opinions

The State of Missouri, through its Attorney General, filed in this court in vacation' its bill, in which, after setting forth the former proceedings had herein for the determination of the boundary line between it and the State of Iowa, which are reported in 6 How. 659, arid 10 How. 1, it was further said: “ Complainant states that it is highly important to the States of Iowa and Missouri that the question of boundary should be speedily and finally settled; that heretofore…

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The State of Missouri, through its Attorney General, filed in this court in vacation' its bill, in which, after setting forth the former proceedings had herein for the determination of the boundary line between it and the State of Iowa, which are reported in 6 How. 659, arid 10 How. 1, it was further said: “ Complainant states that it is highly important to the States of Iowa and Missouri that the question of boundary should be speedily and finally settled; that heretofore the peace of the people of the States of Missouri and Iowa, especially in the county of Mercer, in the former, and the…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,

on the 3d of February, 1896, announced that the Court ordered the following decree to be entered in the case.

This cause coining on to be heard on the original bill filed herein by the State of Missouri against the State of Iowa, the answer thereto by the State of Iowa, and the reply to said answer by the State of Missouri, and the pleadings and stipulations filed herein by counsel for the respective parties having been duly considered, and the decrees heretofore rendered by this court on February 13, 1819, and on January 3, 1851, with the report of commissioners…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Virginia v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  2. Bosworth v. HarpCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
  3. North Dakota v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  4. Missouri v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  5. Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County CommissionersWyoming Supreme Court · 1909

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