St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1891-03-02

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Mr. Justice Field delivered the opinion of the court. The bill in this case was filed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to establish its right to land in odd-nümbered sections, amounting to many thousand acres, situated in the neighborhood of Glyndon, in Minnesota, which it claims under a grant of the United States, made by the act of Congress of <span…

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