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UNITED STATES v. BURLINGTON, ETC. R.R. CO.

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98 U.S. 334 (1879)

25 L.Ed. 198

UNITED STATES, v. BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 3, 1879.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith for the appellant.

Mr. J.M. Woolworth for the appellee.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity, brought by the United States to annul certain patents issued by them to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, for lands situated in Nebraska, amounting in the aggregate to one million two hundred thousand acres. It is founded upon alleged errors made by the Land Department in the construction of the statute under which the patents were issued, and presents several interesting...

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