Legal Opinion
Oregon Trunk Line, Inc. v. Deschutes R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
Decided August 24, 1909No. 3,531PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Equity. On cross-motions for preliminary injunctions.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAN, District Judge.
This is a contest between two railroad companies for the possession of and the right to build a railroad on a strip of land 200 feet wide and about 20 miles long through the public lands of the United States on the east side of the upper Deschutes river, in this state, and each company is asking for a preliminary restraining order against the other. Both claim the right to occupy the land in question under Act Cong. March 3, 1875, c. 152, 18 Stat. 482 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1508), "granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.”…
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