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BARNEY v. WINONA, &C., RAILROAD CO.

117 U.S. 228 (1886)

BARNEY & Others v. WINONA & ST. PETER RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gordon E. Cole for appellants.

Mr. Thomas Wilson for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was before us at the October Term, 1884. By an act of Congress passed March 3, 1857, a grant of land was made to Minnesota, then a Territory, to aid in the construction of certain railroads, including one from Winona, a town on the Mississippi River, to a point on the Big Sioux River, in the present Territory of Dakota. 11 Stat. 195. The grant was of every alternate...

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