U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan February 15, 1890 (Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co. v. Cunningham)

lead-opinion

Jackson, J.

From a careful examination of the record in this case, in the light of the able briefs submitted by counsel on both sides, the circuit judge has reached the following conclusions, viz.:

The act of congress approved June 3, 1856, by its express terms, contemplated and provided for the construction of several distinct and independent lines of railway.