The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-02-18
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON Feb. H. 1876

WASHINGTON Feb H. 1875
The following case argued in the Supreme Court
yesterday
1853 Board OF Commissioners for Laramie County VS..
Board of Commissioners for Albany and Carbon Coun-
ties. Appeal from the Supreme Court for the Terri
tory of Wyomng.-Ths was bill In chancery brought
by Laramie county to make the other counties named
as defendants liable for portion of the debt of the
former 1t appears that in 1865 the defendant coun-
ties formed by the Legislature OF Dakota Terri
tory which then embraced this county, out OF territory
which had hitherto been a portion Of Laramie
had Dsd that az S@' sSo a%oan
Of about $2S,o0o TINS debt, it is insisted,
the new counties shall help pay, inasmuch as they
benefited by the debt, and when IL incurred
legally liable any other portion OF the then
county OF Laramie The decree was for the defendants
below, and is here conended that the subject matter
is wholly under legislative control, and that the
Courts will undertake TO determine the controversy
That the Legislature had full power and having divided
the territory into three counties without having pro-
vided that the should pay any portion OF the
existing Indebtedness, 1t is conclusive or the case and
Steele for appellants; W. T. Otto for appeces
In the Supreme Court Of the United States to-day,
r, of Augusta, Me-, and IL. b. Johnson, of Jefferson
City, Mo-, were admitted to practice as attorneys and
John Cooper, of Chicago, Ill, was admitted to prae
tce attorney and counsellor OF this Court
No. 1853. The Board OF County Commissioners Of the
County OF Laramie, appellants, VS. The Board OF County
Commissioners OF Albany and Carbon couLties.-The
argumentscf this cause were continued by Mr. w. z.
Steele of counsel for The appellants, and by Mr. A. H.
Jackson for the appeees and concluded by MI W. X.
Steele for the appellants.
No. 1874 Republican River Bridge Company w.
Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. Error to the su-
preme Court OF KansaR-This Is contest concerning
the right OF way of the railroad through the Fort Riley
reservation The Court below ruled that the JOINT reso
luton OF 1867 conveyed to the bridge company by viz
tue OF the patent issued in pursuance OF IT, all the land
mentioned therein except tho land conveyed TO the
railroad company for right Of way by the JOINT
resolution OF 1866 but that the joint resolution
of the prior year vested in the Union Pacific
Railroad Company and its branches twenty
of the reservation opposite Riley City for depot
other purposes and the right OF way claimed II is
here conended that the grant TO the state OF Kansas
for bridge PURPOSES its acceptance and the construc
ton the bridge and tho full performance of all the
conditions prescribed by Congress- and the hnal patent
to the Bridge Company, under the grant
TO the State, vest In the company exclusive
tite Notwithstanding the claim Of the railroad under
the joint resolution OF 1866. That resolution, II Is
commended did not amount to grant, and has never
been followed by a patent b. r. Stringfeilow for
plaintiff in error; W. T. Otto for defendant
Adjourned till tomorrow at twelve O'Clock.