United States v. St. Anthony R.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Idaho. This is an action to recover from the defendant in error the value of timber cut by it upon the public lands of the United States in Idaho for use in the construction of the railroad of the defendant in error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Idaho. This is an action to recover from the defendant in error the value of timber cut by it upon the public lands of the United States in Idaho for use in the construction of the railroad of the defendant in error. After the filing of complaint and answer, the ease was submitted to the lower court upon an agreed statement of facts, substantially as follows: The plaintiff in error was the owner and in possession of the lands described in the complaint. During the summer and fall of the year 1889…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after slating the facts as above). The assignments of error present this question: Were the lands from which the timber was cut by the defendant in error “adjacent’’ to the line of its railroad, within the meaning of the act of March 3, 1875? Section 1 of the said act provides:
“The right of way through the public lands of tbe United States is hereby granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of any state or territory, * * * which shall have filed with the secretary of the interior a copy of its articles of incorporation and the proofs of its organization under the same, to…
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- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. BarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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