Southern Pacific Railroad v. Bell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was a complaint in the nature of a bill in equity filed by the' Southern Pacific Railroad Company in the Superior Court of Fresno County, California, against Isaac T. Bell, praying to be declared the rightful owner of a certain quarter section of land in that county, and that it be adjudged that the defendant Bell holds the legal title to said land in trust for the plaintiff, and requiring him to convey the same to…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. This was a complaint in the nature of a bill in equity filed by the' Southern Pacific Railroad Company in the Superior Court of Fresno County, California, against Isaac T. Bell, praying to be declared the rightful owner of a certain quarter section of land in that county, and that it be adjudged that the defendant Bell holds the legal title to said land in trust for the plaintiff, and requiring him to convey the same to it free of all encumbrances. The facts of ,the case, as set forth in the complaint, are substantially as follows: By “…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brown,
after stating the case, delivered the opin- . ion of the court.
This case involves a priority of right to certain lands within the indemnity limits of the grant to plaintiff by act of Congress of July 27,1866, as against a patent for the same lands issued to the defendant as a settler under-the land laws of the United States.
It presents the single question whether the railroad company had a right, on July 26,. 1893, to select the land in dispute as lieu lands, notwithstanding the defendant had nearly one year before and on September 15, 1892, received a patent for the-same.…
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