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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY v. DE LACEY

No. 154.

174 U.S. 622 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 791

43 L.Ed. 1111

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, v. DE LACEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.W. Bunn for plaintiff in error. Mr. James B. Kerr was on his brief.

Mr. W.H. Pritchard for defendant in error submitted on his brief.

Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney Russell for the United States submitted on their brief.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The grant of lands to aid the construction of that portion of the main line of the railroad of the plaintiff in error, between Portland and Puget Sound, dates from the joint resolution of May 31, 1870, and prior to that time there was no land grant in aid of the construction of that portion of the road. United States v. Northern Pacific...

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