United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1896-01-27

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Mr. Justice Peckham, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. The really important question to be determined in these proceedings is, whether the use to which the petitioner desires to put the land described in the petitions is of that kind of public use for. which the government of the United Sta…

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