Legal Opinion
United States v. Big Horn Land & Cattle Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1927No. 7141PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCOTT, District Judge.
The United States, as plaintiff, brought this suit against the Big Horn Land & Cattle Company, a Colorado corporation, to obtain a decree of forfeiture of a right of way through public lands for an irrigation ditch and reservoir, acquired by the defendant as grantee of one William Marr, who acquired the right under the Act of Congress approved March 3,1891 (26 Stat. 1095). By the allegations of plaintiff’s bill it is made to appear:
That sections 9, 20, and 21 in township 11 north, range 82 west of the sixth principal meridian, in Jackson county, Colo., were at all times…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kern River Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Branson v. StudabakerIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. StringhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
3Cited by16 opinions
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- Pine River Irrigation District v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2009
- Twin Falls Canal Co. v. American Falls Reservoir Dist. No. 2Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932
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