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BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

119 U.S. 55 (1886)

BUTTZ v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 15, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert G. Riddle and Mr. Henry E. Davis for appellant. Mr. James E. Padgett was with them on their brief.

Mr. W.P. Clough for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

The land in controversy and other lands in Dakota, through which the Northern Pacific Railroad was to be constructed, was within what is known as Indian country. At the time the act of July 2d, 1864, was passed, the title of the Indian tribes was not extinguished. But that fact did not prevent the grant of Congress from operating to...

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