Great Northern Railway Co. v. Steinke

This is a suit by the Great Northern Railway Company to determine conflicting claims to a small tract of land adjoining its right of way at Springbrook, "North Dakota. That company claims the tract under a grant of station grounds made by the United States to' the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, Company, and the defendants claim the same under a patent from the United States to Philander Pollock. The defendants prevailed in the trial court' and in the Supreme Court of the State. 183 N. W. 1013. A writ of certiorari brings the cáse here. 257 U. S. 629.

■ At a time when the lands in…