Legal Opinion

United States v. Southern Pac. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California

Decided January 21, 1907No. 1,114Published

In Equity. Suit for adjustment of land grant. Stipulation as to Evidence. It is stipulated and agreed by and between the parties to this case, subject to all valid objections as to competency and relevancy, as follows: Subdivision 1. Item 1. That all acts of Congress and laws of the state of California, whether of public or private, general or special, nature, and all official acts and decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and Secretary of Interior…

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In Equity. Suit for adjustment of land grant. Stipulation as to Evidence. It is stipulated and agreed by and between the parties to this case, subject to all valid objections as to competency and relevancy, as follows: Subdivision 1. Item 1. That all acts of Congress and laws of the state of California, whether of public or private, general or special, nature, and all official acts and decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and Secretary of Interior relating to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company or to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, or affecting the rights of…

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The facts of this case differ from those in the case of the United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company et al., numbered 1,196, just decided, 152 Fed. 314; for here the agreed. statement of facts shows that all of the lands in'controversy are within the primary limits of the grant made by Congress to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company by its act of July 27, 1866, c. 278, 14 Stat. 292, and within the indemnity limits of the grant made to the defendant Southern Pacific Railroad Company by the same act. It is also stipulated by the respective parties that a…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. CushmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  4. United States v. Colton Marble & Lime Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902

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