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EMIGRANT CO. v. COUNTY OF ADAMS

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100 U.S. 61 (1879)

25 L.Ed. 563

EMIGRANT COMPANY, v. COUNTY OF ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 2-3, 1878

October 27-28, 1879.

November 24, 1879.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued at the last term by Mr. J.A. Harvey and Mr. N.M. Hubbard for the appellant, and by Mr. Frank M. Davis and Mr. R.P. Lowe for the appellee.

The case was reargued at the present term for the appellee by the same counsel, and for the appellant by Mr. Benjamin F. Butler and Mr. O.D. Barrett.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case arises upon a bill in equity originally filed by the County of Adams, Iowa, against The American Emigrant Company, in the District Court of that county, and afterwards transferred to the Circuit Court of the United States. The object of the bill was to rescind a certain contract between the county and the company, made in September, 1862, whereby the county agreed to convey to the company its swamp...

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