Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF IOWA. • The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
These are cross-appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Iowa.
In that court the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company brought its bill in chancery on the 4th day of March, ' 1879, against the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company, which in due time was answered.
The subject of contest in this suit was the right to certain lands granted by Congress to the State of Iowa to aid in building two railroads, whose right to the lands became vested in one or both ■ of these companies, however named originally. The grant of the lands was by a single statute, and ivas…
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