Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. Stringham
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. G. W. Morse, Judge. Action to quiet title by tbe Rio Grande Western Railway Company against Thomas B. Stringham and others. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtStraup, C. J.
This is an an action to quiet title to a strip of land two-hundred feet in width extending through two quarter sections. The defendants denied plaintiff’s ownership and right of possession, and alleged ownership and possession in themselves.
The material facts found by the court are: In September, 1812, the Bingham Canyon & Camp Floyd Railroad Company, a corporation, was organized to construct and operate a steam railroad from Sandy, Salt Lake County, to Lewiston, Tooele County, a. distance of thirty-five miles. In 1873 the road was built from Sandy to Bingham, a distance of sixteen and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Jamestown & Northern Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Buxton v. TraverSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
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- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. StringhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- MacDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
- E. C. Olsen Co. v. State Tax CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1946
- United States v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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