Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. Countryman

Citations

• 159 U.S. 377
• 16 S. Ct. 28
• 40 L. Ed. 187
• 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2305

Syllabus

<p>At the time when the United States instituted the suit against the plaintiff ■ in error which has just been decided, the plaintiff in error had no interest whatever in the 26,017.33 acres of land certified back to the United States by the governor of Iowa, pursuant to a statute of that State, and all such land was then subject to entry under the preemption and homestead laws.</p>