United States Supreme Court Reports, Том 40Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1901 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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... passed an act ( Laws 1869 , chap . 90 ) repealing said chapter 175 of the laws of 1865 , and in 1874 ( Laws of 1874 , chap . 126 ) conferred the benefit of the grant on the North Wisconsin Railroad Company , which company afterwards by ...
... passed an act ( Laws 1869 , chap . 90 ) repealing said chapter 175 of the laws of 1865 , and in 1874 ( Laws of 1874 , chap . 126 ) conferred the benefit of the grant on the North Wisconsin Railroad Company , which company afterwards by ...
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... passed , and only two years more remained until the expiration of the time fixed for the completion of the road . Only a short distance had in fact been built , to wit , 61 miles from Portage to Tomah , and that by the St. Croix ...
... passed , and only two years more remained until the expiration of the time fixed for the completion of the road . Only a short distance had in fact been built , to wit , 61 miles from Portage to Tomah , and that by the St. Croix ...
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... passed by this grant , and dealt with it as belonging to the plaintiff . Both roads have been constructed , and , un- doubtedly largely through the instrumentality of their construction , population has poured into that part of the ...
... passed by this grant , and dealt with it as belonging to the plaintiff . Both roads have been constructed , and , un- doubtedly largely through the instrumentality of their construction , population has poured into that part of the ...
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... passed wholly to the Omaha company or in equal moieties to the two , and in the latter event the agreement referred to transferred all rights to the Omaha company . As against this , the defendant offered evi- dence that on May 3 , 1858 ...
... passed wholly to the Omaha company or in equal moieties to the two , and in the latter event the agreement referred to transferred all rights to the Omaha company . As against this , the defendant offered evi- dence that on May 3 , 1858 ...
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... passed to it under the acts of Congress granting such lands to the states . On December 3 , 1857 , the state filed a petition in the district court of the parish of Caddo to set aside such purchase and cancel the certifi- cate of entry ...
... passed to it under the acts of Congress granting such lands to the states . On December 3 , 1857 , the state filed a petition in the district court of the parish of Caddo to set aside such purchase and cancel the certifi- cate of entry ...
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