Legal Opinion

United States v. Southern Pac. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California

Decided July 9, 1902No. 878PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Equity. Suit for adjustment of land grant.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

By its bill the complainant sets up, among ■ other things, the grants made by congress to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company and to the defendant Southern Pacific Railroad Company by the act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292), and the grant to the defendant railroad company made by the joint resolution of June 28,-1870 (16 Stat. 382), and by the act of March 3, 1871 (16 Stat. 573), and the subsequent act of congress of July 6, 1886 (24 Stat. 123), declaring forfeited the grant to the Atlantic & Pacific Company of July 27, 1866, and restoring to the public domain all of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Davis v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1873

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Huntington v. DonovanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
  2. United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1907
  3. Huntington v. DonovanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Oregon & C. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1906
  5. Southern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United StatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911

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