United States v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH circuit. This'was a bill in equity filed by the United States in the Circuit Court for thé District.of Minnesota under authority of the act of Congress of March 3,1SS7, c. 376, 24 Stat.-556, providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, etc.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH circuit. This'was a bill in equity filed by the United States in the Circuit Court for thé District.of Minnesota under authority of the act of Congress of March 3,1SS7, c. 376, 24 Stat.-556, providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, etc. The charge was that the lands specified in the bill had been wrongfully certified to the State of Minnesota for the benefit of the defendant company, and. the prai’-er was for a cancellation of such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
There are other matters disclosed in the record, such as the claim at one time asserted by the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company to these lands or a part of them; the litigation between the two companies, and the final decision by this court; also certain transactions between the railroad company and a land company and the litigation resulting therefrom, together with a series of conveyances by the railroad and the land company of the lands. But in view of the conclusions to which we have come upon the facts stated, we deem it unnecessary to cumber the record with any detailed mention…
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