United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was a suit brought by the United States in the Circuit •Court of the United States for the District of Kansas against the Union Pacific Railway Company and its receivers, as directed by the act of July 13, 1892, c. 164, 27 Stat. 120, 126, to recover certain amounts “ found by the Department of the Interior to be due from said railroad company, its successors or assigns, under the last paragraph of the…
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was a suit brought by the United States in the Circuit •Court of the United States for the District of Kansas against the Union Pacific Railway Company and its receivers, as directed by the act of July 13, 1892, c. 164, 27 Stat. 120, 126, to recover certain amounts “ found by the Department of the Interior to be due from said railroad company, its successors or assigns, under the last paragraph of the second article of the treaty with the Delaware Tribe of Indians of May thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, and under…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb. Chief -Justice Fullee,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
It is settled that the certification provided for in sections five and six of the Judiciary Act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, is governed by the rules laid down in respect of certificates of division under the Revised Statutes. Columbus Watch Company v. Robbins, 148 U. S. 266; Maynard v. Hecht, 151 U. S. 324; Graver v. Faurot, 162 U. S. 435; Cross v. Evans, 167 U. S. 60.
By those rules,- as repeated in these cases from prior decisions, “ each question had to be a distinct point or proposition of law,…
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