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BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD CO. v. MILLS COUNTY, 1870 — 154 U.S. 568 · caselaw · US
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BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD CO. v. MILLS COUNTY
154 U.S. 56819 L. Ed. 565·Supreme Court of the United States·1870
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Opinion
BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD CO. v. MILLS COUNTY.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
No. 39.
Ordered to be submitted tto abide decision in No. 40, February 2, 1870.
Decided February 7, 1870.
Sailroad Co. v. Fremont County, 9 Wall. 89, followed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. D. Rover for plaintiff in error.
Mr. T. Ewing for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Nelson]
Mr. Justice Nelson
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. The pleadings and proofs present the same questions involved in the case of the same plaintiffs against Fremont County, and must be disposed of in the same way.
The decree of the court below affirmed,.