Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Reed
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska,
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This was an action for the recovery of the possession of specific real property, and the writ of error* challenges a judgment in favor of Lewis S. Reed, the defendant in error, who was in possession. The Union Pacific Railway Company, the plaintiff in error, had never been in possession of the premises, but-relied upon its legal title and its right of possession thereunder for a recovery. In the pleadings u£>on which the case was tried, each party claimed the title, and the only question at issue at the close of the trial was whether or not the railway company had…
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