Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Houston
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice White,
by direction of the court.
In Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. Wass, 104 Minnesota, 411, it was decided that lands claimed under an indemnity grant, and described in lists of indemnity selections filed in the appropriate United States Land Office and which were rightfully pending for action by the proper officer were nevertheless subject to entry by others to the destruction of the right to select and to the frustration of the governmental power to approve the selections and award the land under the granting law. The judgment below which is now under…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. WassSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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