Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. De Lacey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against tbe defendant to recover possession of 160 acres of land situated not far from Tacoma in the State of Washington.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against tbe defendant to recover possession of 160 acres of land situated not far from Tacoma in the State of Washington. The land lies within the primary limits of the land grant both of the main line of the railroad of plaintiff in error, as definitely located between Portland and Puget Sound, and the Cascade branch, as definitely located between the point where the railroad leaves the main line and crosses the Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound. It appears from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The grant of lands to aid the construction of that portion of the main line of the railroad of the plaintiff in error, between Portland and Puget Sound, dates from the joint resolution of May 31, 1870, and prior to that time there was no land grant in aid of the construction of that portion of the road. United States v. Northern Pacific Railroad Company, 152 U. S. 284, 292.
At the time of the adoption of the resolution of 1870 there had been filed, April 9, 1869, in the local land office the statement of John Flett, declaring his intention to purchase the lands in dispute under the laws of the…
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