Snell v. Dubuque & Sioux City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Webster District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. This is a suit in equity and it involves the title to a tract of land in Webster county. There was a trial on the merits and a decree for the plaintiff. The defendant, W. Gr. Watters, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
The action was commenced in June, 1885. The plaintiff claimed the land under the act of congress approved September 28, 1850, relating to swamp lands. The defendant railroad company claimed title to the same land under the act of congress approved May 15, 1856, granting certain lands to the state of Iowa to aid in the construction of a railroad from Dubuque to a point on the Missouri river near Sioux City and other roads. The cause was tried on the issue thus made, and there was a decree for the plaintiff. An appeal was taken to this court, and the decree was affirmed. See 78 Iowa, 88.
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