Mills County v. Railroad Companies
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
These cases were consolidated and heard together in the State courts, both relating to the same subject-matter; viz., the validity of a compromise agreement made on the 27th of October, 1868, between Mills County, in the State of Iowa, and the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, in reference to certain lands lying in said county, claimed by the county as swamp and overflowed lands, and claimed by the railroad company as railroad-grant lands. The claim of the county was based on the act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850, c. 84, entitled “ An Act to enable the State of Arkansas and…
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