WARDELL v. RAILROAD CO.


103 U.S. 651 (____)

WARDELL v. RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James O. Broadhead and Mr. James M. Woolworth for the appellant.

Mr. Andrew J. Poppleton for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The road of the Union Pacific Railroad Company passes for its entire length, from Omaha on the Missouri River to Ogden in Utah, a distance of 1,036 miles, through a country almost destitute of timber fit for fuel. During its construction, however, large deposits of coal, of excellent quality and easily worked, were discovered in land along its line, from which abundant...

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