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MO., ETC. RY. CO. v. KAN. PAC. RY. CO.

97 U.S. 491 (____)

MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY v. KANSAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. T.C. Sears and Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. John P. Usher and Mr. Henry Beard, contra.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves a determination of the title to about ninety thousand acres of land situated in the State of Kansas, claimed by the two railway corporations which are parties to the suit, under grants from the United States. The plaintiff in the court below, the defendant in error here, the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, was originally known as the Leavenworth, Pawnee, and Western Railroad Company, and is thus...

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