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RISTY v. CHICAGO, R.I. & PAC. RY. CO.

Nos. 95-100.

270 U.S. 378 (1926)

RISTY ET AL., COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ET AL. v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. THE SAME v. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY. THE SAME v. CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY. THE SAME v. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY. THE SAME v. CITY OF SIOUX FALLS. THE SAME v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Benjamin I. Salinger, N.B. Bartlett, and E.O. Jones, for appellants.

Mr. Edward S. Stringer, for appellee in No. 95, submitted. Messrs. M.L. Bell, W.F. Dickinson, Thomas D. O'Brien, and Alexander E. Horn were also on the brief.

Mr. E.L. Grantham, for appellee in No. 96, submitted. Messrs. C.O. Bailey, J.H. Voorhees, T.M. Bailey, H.H. Field, and O.W. Dynes, were also on the brief.

Mr. C.O. Bailey, with whom Messrs. J.H. Voorhees, T.M. Bailey, Roy D. Burns, and R.L. Kennedy were on the brief, for appellees in Nos. 97 and 99.

Mr. R.M. Campbell, for appellee in No. 98, submitted. Messrs. Harold E. Judge and John H. Roemer were also on the brief.

Mr. Harold E. Judge, for appellee in No. 100, submitted. Mr. F.G. Dorety was also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Separate suits were brought by the several appellees, in the United States District Court for South Dakota, to enjoin the County Commissioners, the Auditor and the Treasurer of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, from making any apportionment of benefits or assessments of costs affecting the property of the several appellees, for the construction or repair of a drainage system...

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