St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
.APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The bill in this case was filed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to establish its right to land in odd-nümbered sections, amounting to many thousand acres, situated in the neighborhood of Glyndon, in Minnesota, which it claims under a grant of the United States, made by the act of Congress of July 2, 1864; to “aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast, by the northern route.” 13 Stat. c. 217, p. 365.
By the first section of that act, the Northern Pacific Bail-road Company was incorporated, and authorized to lay out,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Schulenberg v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Buttz v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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