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KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD v. ATCHISON, RAILROAD

112 U.S. 414 (1884)

KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1884.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.P. Usher for appellant.

Mr. James Hagerman and Mr. J.H. McGowan for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff and the defendant were incorporated by the Territorial Legislature of Kansas; and the question in controversy relates to land which they respectively claim under grants from the United States. The plaintiff's original name was the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad Company, and it is thus termed in the act of Congress of 1862 creating the Union Pacific Railroad Company. After the Territory became...

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