Leavenworth County Commissioners v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FBOM THE CIECUIT COUET OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE WESTEEN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. In equity. Decree dismissing the bill. The plaintiffs appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchfobd
The bill in this case was filed in The Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, on the 25th of. September, 1882, by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Leavenworth, a municipal corporation of the State of Kansas, on behalf of itself and of all other stockholders of The Chicago and Southwestern. Railway Company, char- • tered in Missouri, against The Chicago, Book Island and Pacific Bailway Company, an Illinois corporation, The Chicago and Southwestern Bail way Company in Iowa, The Chicago and' Southwestern Bailway Company, (consolidated,) The…
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