Landell v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.

TAMM, District Judge.

The issues of this case reach back over a period of ninety years to the time when ■Congress sought the expansion of the West by encouraging settlers and railroads through the inducement of free land which, at that time, must have seemed limitless. In this pioneer setting, ■on July 2, 1864, Congress created a Federal corporation, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company (hereafter referred to as the Railroad.) 1 Financial difficulties eventually caused the appointment of receivers in 1893, and in 1896, pursuant to a reorganization plan and foreclosure ■proceedings under…