D. & S. C. R. v. D. M. V. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Humboldt District Gov/rt. This action was commenced in 1876, to quiet the title to about 10,000 acres of land in Humboldt and Pocahontas counties.
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Appeal from Humboldt District Gov/rt. This action was commenced in 1876, to quiet the title to about 10,000 acres of land in Humboldt and Pocahontas counties. The petition alleges that the lands were granted by the congress of the United States to the State of Iowa by the act of Hay 15, 1856, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Dubuque to a point on the Missouri river near Sioux City; that the lands were accepted by the State by an act of the general assembly, approved July 11, 1856, and by the same act conferred upon the Dubuque & Pacific Eailroad Company, which…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i. public gran!! "añMay íef i8D6. I. This case involves tbe consideration of two grants of lands by tbe congress of tbe United States, each of which, it is insisted by tbe parties claiming thereunder, covers tbe lands in controversy. Tbe first of these grants was made to tbe State for tbe purpose of improving tbe navigation of tbe Des Moines Biver; tbe second was to aid in tbe construction of certain railroads. Plaintiffs claim under tbe second grant; defendant under tbe first. It is not necessary, in tbe view we take of tbe case, to set out tbe chain of title of either party, as it may be…
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- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Dubuque & Pacific Railroad v. LitchfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Wolcott v. Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1867
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- Bullard v. Des Moines & Ft. Dodge R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883