Deseret Salt Co. v. Tarpey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action of ejectment by D. P. Tarpey, the plaintiff belpw, against the Deseret Salt Company, a corporation created under the laws of Utah, for certain parcels of land in that Territory, described in the complaint as. the northwest quarter of fractional section nine (9), in township eleven (11) north, range nine (9) west, Salt Lake base and meridian,.and the northeast quarter…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. The court stated the case as follows: This is an action of ejectment by D. P. Tarpey, the plaintiff belpw, against the Deseret Salt Company, a corporation created under the laws of Utah, for certain parcels of land in that Territory, described in the complaint as. the northwest quarter of fractional section nine (9), in township eleven (11) north, range nine (9) west, Salt Lake base and meridian,.and the northeast quarter and the southwest quarter of said sec-' tion, in part covered with water; in all, three hundred and eighty acres, more…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The only questions which appear in this case to have elicited much discussion in the court below, relate to the title of the Central Pacific Railroad Company to the lands granted by the acts of Congress of July 1, 1862, and July 2, 1864, upon the filing of a map of the definite location of its contemplated road with the Secretary of the Interior and its acceptance by him. Was it sufficient to enable the lessee of the company to' maintain an action for the possession of the demanded premises % The lessee can, of course, as against a stranger, have no greater right of possession than his…
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