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UNITED STATES v. ST. ANTHONY R.R. CO.

No. 147.

192 U.S. 524 (1904)

24 S.Ct. 333

48 L.Ed. 548

UNITED STATES v. ST. ANTHONY RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Purdy for the United States.

Mr. Parley L. Williams for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The important question in this case is as to the meaning of the term "adjacent" when used in the first section of the statute of 1875. The act is a general one, and is therefore applicable to no particular road, except as the facts in each case may bring the road within its language. It grants the right of way through the public...

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