United States v. Southern Pac. R.

ROSS, District Judge.

The mandates of the supreme court directed decrees in these suits in favor of the complainant for the relief sought. The relief sought by the bills was: (1) Certain specific relief in respect to lands; (2) general equitable relief; and (3) that the defendants he required “to stand to and abide such order and decree therein as shall he agreeable to equity and good conscience.”

The hills contained no express prayer for costs, and, the decrees as entered having included costs incurred by cpmplainant in this court, a motion is made on behalf of the defendants to strike out…