New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-06
United STATES SUPREME COURT.

WAsnINGToN. July 5.-The following are the do
No lOj-The Milwaukee and Il PAM Railway c"mP'I y.
rlainuG in error ssS Mar ~ 4 A s a 9 ~ D. Mr. arms
october 1870 passenger on dgfond3rts Tram o. ct
coiiiSi with an engine On track going In opposite
J,r,nn Tie lar occl,onti Nv The collision Hcht I'D
moro OF pUsh thaua shGc Mrs., Arms however. thrown
scat and sustained Injuries OF which she oompiin
II Won md that n accident caused by ne rcs
scree Of the deiendants .eryans contolng tne Ai1,
H@m may AYE Cnrt rS1is, assumed that he nrrs
dSn,e o. gross nesIsSats the part 81 nc employ 0;
The company. 4 collision could not Wen occur under
less eNa-g rated cir 'gces or cause 1sH,. ny;
damages ut The 1qairy - ghster hf }4y ni %
iaItnr an s.ye eN,9iisiy Hah1gsS \. ~ ~, ,e
' IN IN which d1Iii,,s in civil salts are aSari get
m, lorr b. too wel settled now 10 De shaken
p.ry dana may in certain cases be recovered 5nit
have cnos 10 place his doctrine on NE S",A1 . " 80
he accepted As q, The FeI,. res f or M. i,-tT
ne absence OF TINS car t not sntiohe tho joy
pcnsation or injury inflicted because 10 do this there
must have been wi!u misconduct or That entire want Oh t'Ie
10 consrGuencc3 Nothing OF this kind De Imputed 70 re
rcctcd tie Igy IN. Justice DAVIS delivered no
No. i6t-Elon Fapsvorth and Edward p. Cowl,s
appellants sgt The minnesota and Pacific Railroad Con-
INST Wis on the Paul aud Paciic RAILROAD COMPANY
p,r paro,i Comn,uS Eiw IRA rice tru.,ea &C. Horace
Thompson trustee, Sc George L. beoker trustee sc Hin
Cooke, trcs,oc Sc and J. Edgar Thompson Tusee Sci
On TO 81 March. 1857, Congress passed an aci granting
C,r-l rds the Territory OF Minnesota 't tAe pipN' ~
aiding the construct Of several lines OF railroad gtt ven
different points in the Territory. The act declared
that The lands should be exclusively applied 10
the construction Of the roads On account ot WMch
they grated and 10 no o,aer purgose wlateyt a
should DE- disposed Of by tile Territory or future
ouiy IOsiess aud IN IRE manner o
~, Quantity ~ land not yAce,un ~
lion. Of the roads and Included Wltn cohthu
ues " the road, mi1b D. SOIL aud ~hth
Tie Governor Of tho Territory or ia utule state should ce
Interior that ccHiuuOis ~
miles of any rols completed. then another IKE
Uuanti land granted might b. sold and 50 non lo
- me anti. the completed. II IL held that tue
construction portions OF the road account OF when
land, Ners granted us designated, Condition pircc
dent conveyance Territory fuirc STATE 81 any
OF the lau,.s beyond the nroJ section Acc0ldIhgiy;
au Of the IcITitory Transferring 10 a faHolt
these lands ia advance or an, NOtA, On
is road only conveyed tito 20 the hrst 10 sections
Where gralt of lsn connected franchises made 10 =
calntiun fo- the construction ~ ralrldd by stdte
winch Iiovcs ID their forfeiture upon iurs 10 ltrorm Tho
work WITHIN prescribed time, ne forfeiture may De ue,aiea
by legislative Judicial processing 20 ascertain ana
determine the 81. u, II the era tee Any puDIc a,slo2 W
Legislative act The ownership Of the state aitei tue aut u
thr sIance act eumny control o. The road Ahd
abpIopr1ttug them 10 paius ldr uses q rt-
IN .rm arother CORPORATION " plto N e wo.S - egua "
cu,,Nr o Decree nroW AnrlCL MI justice
Field stated lie and delivered the opiuion