Legal Opinion

Central Pacific Railway Co. v. Droge

California Supreme Court

Decided August 31, 1915No. Sac. No. 2185PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, and from an order denying a new trial. Frank H. Smith, and J. A. Plummer, Judges.

1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.

Appeals are here presented by the defendant from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for new trial. '

The object of the action was to recover possession of.four strips of land, two of which extend across the west half of section 23, and two across the northwest quarter of section 27, all in township two south, range five east, in' San Joaquin County. They are each one hundred and fifty feet in width and are parts of the strip of land four hundred feet in width granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railroad Company by the act of July 1, 1862, through the public lands…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Shively v. BowlbySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Boggs v. Merced Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1859
  5. Packer v. BirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. MacFarlane v. Department of Alcoholic Beverage ControlCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Dougery v. BettencourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Guerra v. PackardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965
  4. Staggs v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1955
  5. Martin v. City of StocktonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919

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