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CHEROKEE NATION v. S. KANSAS RAILWAY CO.

No. 664.

135 U.S. 641 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 965

34 L.Ed. 295

CHEROKEE NATION v. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1890.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.E. McDonald and Mr. John C. Fay (with whom was Mr. R.J. Bright on the brief) for appellant.

Mr. George R. Peck and Mr. A.B. Browne (with whom was Mr. A.T. Britton on the brief) for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. The litigation between the parties arises out of an act of Congress, approved July 4, 1884, entitled "An act to grant the right of way through the Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railway Company, and for other purposes." 23 Stat. 73. By the first section of that act the above company was authorized...

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