THE case is stated in the opinion of the court.
MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
The question originally involved in this case, and decided at the October Term of 1876, was whether the provision contained in the land grant to the company, that its road should be a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge for the transportation of its property and troops, not only entitled it...
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