United States v. Southern Pac. R.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, D. 0. Mills, and Gerritt L. Lansing, trustees in a mortgage executed by the company, and the Gity Brick Company, in the circuit court for the Southern district of California, on May 17, 1890, to quiet the title of the United States to certain tracts of land, aggregating about 700,000 acres, within the limits of the forfeited grant to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company. By an amended bill filed September 25, 1891, certain other defendants were made parties to the action. These…
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