Santa Fé Pac. R. v. Payne
District Court, District of Columbia
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Bill by the Santa Fé Pacific Railroad Company against Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, and continued against John Barton Payne, his successor in office, to enjoin the canceling of a selection made in exchange for lands relinquished. From a decree dismissing the bill, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District, dismissing appellant’s bill to have the Secretary of the Interior enjoined from canceling a selection made by appellant under the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 556), in exchange for lands relinquished.
A grant was made by the Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292), in aid of the construction of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and in that act it was provided that the word “mineral,” as used therein, should not *654be held to include iron or coal. Appellant is the successor in interest to all the rights of the…
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