Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. v. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Eekok to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mk. Justice Field
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case involves á determination of the title, to about, ninety thousand acres of land situated in the State of Kansas,claimed by the two railway corporations which are parties to the suit, under grants from the United States. The plaintiff in the court below, the defendant in error here, the-Kansas Pacific Railway Company, was originally known as the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, and is thus designated in the act of .Congress of 1862. Subsequently, in 1864, the name was changed to that of the Union Pacific Railroad…
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