LEAVENWORTH CTY. v. CHICAGO &C. RAILWAY CO.

No. 251.

134 U.S. 688 (1890)

LEAVENWORTH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.S. Gregory and Mr. J.M. Flower (with whom was Mr. D.K. Tenney on the brief) for appellants.

Mr. Thomas F. Withrow (with whom was Mr. M.A. Low on the brief) for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

The bill in this case was filed in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, on the 25th of September, 1882, by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Leavenworth, a municipal corporation of the State of Kansas, on behalf of itself and of all other stockholders of The Chicago and Southwestern Railway Company, chartered...

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