United States v. Southern Pac. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
These were three suits by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and others to determine the title to certain lands, which were consolidated and tried together.
1Opinion of the Court
EOSS, Circuit Judge.
The complainant instituted three suits in this court, numbered, respectively, 587, 662, and 675, the object of which was the determination of the title to those odd-numbered sections of land within the 20 and 30 mile limits of the grant made by the United States to the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company by the act of congress of March 3,1871, which are also within 20 miles of the general route of the Texas Pacific Eailroad Company, as indicated by its map thereof filed in the office of the secretary of the interior, or within 30 miles of the asserted definite location of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- United States v. Colton Marble & Lime Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1898
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1898
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3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1902
- Southern Pac. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901