Union Pacific Railroad v. Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbis is a proceeding instituted under tbe act of Congress of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 509, sect. 4), which confers upon tbe proper Circuit Court of tbe United States jurisdiction to bear and determine all cases of mandamus to compel tbe Union Pacific Railroad Company to operate its road as required by law. Tbe alternative writ, as amended, commanded tbe railroad company to operate tbe whole of their road from Council Bluffs westward (including that portion .thereof between Council Bluffs and Omaha, and constructed over and across their bridge' spanning the…
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