Utah & Northern Railway v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY' OF IDAHO. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The plaintiff became a corporation of Utah under an act of the Territory of February 12, 1869, for the incorporation of railroad companies; and by the act of Congress of June 20, 1878, it was made a railway corporation, not only of that Territory, but of Idaho and Montana also, with the same rights and privileges it had under its original articles of incorpora tion, with a proviso, however, that it should thereafter be subject to all laws and regulations in relation to railroads of the United States, or of any Territory or State through which it might pass. 20 Stat. ch. 242, § 2. It now owns…
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