RIBON v. RAILROAD COMPANIES


83 U.S. 446 (____)

16 Wall. 446

RIBON v. RAILROAD COMPANIES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Grant, for the appellants, cited Dodge v. Woolsey;* Mr. T.F. Witherow, contra.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated particulars of the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in equity from the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa. The appellants are the complainants. A brief statement of the case as presented in the record will be sufficient for the purposes of this opinion.

The Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company was incorporated to construct a railroad from Davenport, on the...

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