Oregon & California Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM AND CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This writ brings up for review a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon decreeing the forfeiture of the unsold portion of certain lands granted by Congress to certain railroad companies and quieting the title of the United States, thereto.
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CERTIFICATE FROM AND CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This writ brings up for review a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon decreeing the forfeiture of the unsold portion of certain lands granted by Congress to certain railroad companies and quieting the title of the United States, thereto. In consequence of a memorial presented to it, Congress, on April 30, 1908, adopted anoint resolution which authorized and directed the; Attorney General of the United States to institute and prosecute any and all suits in equity, actions…
1Opinion of the Court 1
After stating the case as above,
2Opinion of the Court · McKennaJustice McKenna
A direct and simple description of the case would seem to be that it presents for judgment a few provisions in two acts of Congress which'neither of themselves nor from the context demand much effort of interpretation or construction. But the case has never been considered as having that simple directness. A bill which occupies 78 pages of the record (exclusive of exhibits), the allegations of which were iterated and reiterated by cross complainants and interveners and added to, and an answer that admitted or traversed their averments with equal volume and…
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