Legal Opinion

Missouri Valley Land Co. v. Wiese

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 3, 1908No. 101PublishedCited by 10 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME. COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. The fácts are stated in'the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr, Justice White

delivered the opinion of the court.

Within the grants of land made to the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Sioux City and Pácifie Railroad Company by the act of Congress óf July .l, 1862, c. 120, 12 Stat. 489, ánd the amendatory act of July 2, 1864, c. 216, 13 Stat. 356, some of the land within place limits overlapped. This controversy concerns the title to a forty-acre tract within an overlap.

We state the salient facts established by the pleadings, and the proofs in order to make clear the contentions which are required to be decided.

The land involved is the northeast l…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Deseret Salt Co. v. TarpeySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Toltec Ranch Co. v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Iowa Railroad Land Co. v. BlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Havnor v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Wiese v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Christmas v. CowdenNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1940
  2. Boe v. ArnoldOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Utah Copper Co. v. EckmanUtah Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Davenport v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
  5. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. PyleIdaho Supreme Court · 1910

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