Legal Opinion
Taggart v. Great Northern Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided November 25, 1912No. 1,542Published
In Equity. Suit by George H. Taggart against the Great Northern Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, District Judge.
[1] This is a controversy between a railway company and a settler over a right of way through certain lands which were heretofore public lands of the United States. The railway company claims its right of way under the Act of Congress of Miarch 3, 1875 (18 Stat. p. 482, c. 152), sections 1 and 4 of which read as follows:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the right of way through the public lands of the United States is hereby granted to any railroad company duly organized under…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Burlington & Missouri River R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Stalker v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hewitt v. SchultzSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- United States v. Minidoka & S. W. R.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1911