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SIOUX CITY &C. LAND COMPANY v. GRIFFEY

No. 157.

143 U.S. 32 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 362

36 L.Ed. 64

SIOUX CITY AND IOWA FALLS TOWN LOT AND LAND COMPANY, v. GRIFFEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.C. Goudy for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.S. Burdett (with whom was Mr. O.C. Treadway on the brief) for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

The first and principal question is at what time the title of the railroad company attached, whether at the time the map of definite location was filed in the General Land Office at Washington, or when, prior thereto, its line was surveyed and staked out on the surface of the ground. While the question in this precise form has never been before this court, yet the question as to the time at which the title attaches...

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