MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
Two questions are presented for our consideration by the appeal in this case. The first relates to the deficiencies in the sections designated as granted in the act of 1857, arising from sales and the attachment of preëmption rights previous to the final determination of the route of the road of the railway company, and the extent to which indemnity...
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