Knepper v. Sands
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This cause is before us upon questions certified by the Circuit Court of Appeals pursuant to the Judiciary Act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Slat. 826.
The controlling facts -in the extended statement sent up by the Judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals, as the basis of the questions propounded, are these:
By an act approved May 12, 1864, c. 84, Congress made a grant of lands to the State of Iowa for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Sioux City to the south line of Minnesota at such point as the State might select— the lands to be held subject to the disposal of its…
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