NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO. v. WISMER

No. 152.

246 U.S. 283 (1918)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. WISMER, SUBSTITUTED FOR WISMER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Donnelly, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bunn was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit is one in ejectment by the Northern Pacific Railway Company to recover possession of eighty acres of land (the title to 64,000 acres depends upon the decision), and it is here on writ of error to review the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming that of the District Court in favor of the defendant.

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