Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McAlpine
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAR FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. • IN equity. For the specific performance of a contract to convey real estate. Decree for complainants. Despondent appealed. . The case is stated in the opinion. ■ ■
1Opinion of the Court
Me. J asm® Field
delivered the opinion' of the court.
•This case comes from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas.' It is a suit for the specific per formance of a contract for the exchange of lands in the - State of Kansas between Maria W. McAlpiné, one of the complainants below and appellees here, and the Kansas Pacific Kailway Company, alleged to have been made in 1878, her contention being that the defendant, the Union Pacific Kailway Company, has succeeded 'not only to the property but to the obligations of that company. The decree of the Circuit Court was in…
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