WETZEL v. MINNESOTA RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 94.

169 U.S. 237 (1898)

WETZEL v. MINNESOTA RAILWAY TRANSFER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ernest Howard Hunter and Mr. John W. Hinsdale for appellants.

Mr. Cushman K. Davis for appellees. Mr. Frank B. Kellogg and Mr. C.A. Severance were on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Circuit Court dismissed this bill on the ground of laches, and the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed its action. There can be no doubt whatever of the correctness of this conclusion. Indeed, a stronger case for the application of the doctrine of laches can scarcely be imagined. The warrant, which was issued in 1848, entitled the widow and minor children of Remsen to a grant of one hundred...

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