Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of certain patents for land issued to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the construction of the treaty of 1855' with the Yakima Indians, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Bill in equity by the United States to annul patents issued May 10, 1895, and January 6, 1896, to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and March 5, 1901, and January 4, 1904, to its successor, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, for certain described lands. The .foundation of the bill is that the patents were issued by mistake as public lands granted to the railroad company under the act of Congress dated July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 365, c. 217), the lands actually being, it is alleged by the Government, part of the - Yakima Indian Reservation under ax treaty with the Yakimas of] June 9, 1855…
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