CHICAGO, ETC. R.R. v. RISTY

No. 501.

276 U.S. 567 (1928)

CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. RISTY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H.E. Judge and T.M. Bailey, with whom Messrs. C.O. Bailey, H.H. Field, O.W. Dynes, H.H. Triestal, R.L. Kennedy, H.O. Hepperle, T.L. Fuller, and J.H. Voorhees were on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Norman B. Bartlett and Elbert O. Jones, with whom Messrs. Benoni C. Matthews, John H. Fitzpatrick, and Enos G. Jones were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by appellants, receivers of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. in the district court for South Dakota against the appellees, county commissioners of Minnehaha County, to enjoin the apportionment and assessment of benefits upon appellants' land for the maintenance of a drainage system, under the state agricultural drainage statutes, S. Dak., Laws 1907, c. 134, reenacted as S...

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