Denver & R. G. R. v. Mills
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit in equity by Ogden Mills against the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
The appellant is the successor of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company, which was incorporated in 1870, under the laws of the territory of Colorado, and which was authorized by charter to construct a railway line from Cuchara, in Huer-fano county, Colo., westward to Alamosa, in Conejos county, Colo. By act approved June 8, 1872, Congress granted to said railway company and its successors and assigns “the right of way through the public domain one hundred feet in width on each side of the track,” together with certain adjacent lands, and also certain privileges…
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