DONAHUE v. LAKE SUPERIOR CANAL &C. CO.

No. 51.

155 U.S. 386 (1894)

DONAHUE v. LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL, RAILWAY AND IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Don M. Dickinson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom was Mr. Daniel H. Ball on the brief,) for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

The land in controversy in this case, as that in controversy in the two prior cases, is a tract which was certified to the State of Michigan on December 12, 1861, as part of the railroad grant, and afterwards, in 1871, again certified to the State in part satisfaction of the canal grant. Donahue, the plaintiff in error, entered upon the land in February, 1883, and has ever since remained in possession. He entered...

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