Legal Opinion
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad v. Work
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 13, 1925No. 302PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The bill in this case was filed by the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company, incorporated under an Act of Congress, against the Secretary of the Interior to enjoin him from canceling a certain selection of lieu lands, and to command him to recall the order for such cancellation and to refrain from any further action except to issue a patent therefor in accordance with the rights of the plaintiff. ,
By Act of Congress, July 27, 1866, 14 -Stat. 292, Congress made a grant of lands in New'Mexico and Arizona to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company in aid of the construction of a railroad of that…
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- Krug v. Santa Fe Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Santa Fe Pac. R. v. IckesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1944
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