ST. PAUL &C. RAILWAY CO. v. GREENALGH

No. 24.

139 U.S. 19 (1891)

ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY v. GREENALGH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.U. Pinney for appellants.

Mr. S.J.R. McMillan for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, is a corporation created under the laws of Minnesota. The defendants are citizens of that State; and James Greenalgh, the grantee of his co-defendant, Charles W. Greenalgh, who received a patent of the United States, claims title to the land covered by that patent. The controversy in the case is over the ownership of this land, the plaintiff...

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