Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the Union Pacific Land Grant Act of July 1, 1862, the act of June 24, 1912¡ and the extent of rights claimed to have been acquired under the latter act by adverse possession in the railroad right of way, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WYOMING. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the Union Pacific Land Grant Act of July 1, 1862, the act of June 24, 1912¡ and the extent of rights claimed to have been acquired under the latter act by adverse possession in the railroad right of way, are stated in the opinion. Prior to the act of June 24, 1912, title to the right of way could not have been acquired by adverse possession. Nor. Pac. R. R. Co. v. Townsend, 190 U. S. 267; Kindred v. Un. Pac. R. R. Co., 225 U. S. 582, 597; Nor. Pac. R. R.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Ejectment to recover certain described lands alleged to constitute part of the right, of way of plaintiff (being such in the court below, we will so call it).
The allegations of the complaint are that plaintiff and defendant are corporations, and that plaintiff is engaged in the operation of a railroad from Ogden, in Utah, easterly through certain States to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and over the lands in controversy, they being portions of its right of way made by the act of Congress of July 1, 1862, c. 120, 12 Stat. 489, of the width of 400 feet. The right of way was acquired under said act of…
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