Legal Opinion
Timberlake v. Southern Pacific Company
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided October 27, 1969No. 8726PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WATSON, Justice.
On February 25, 1907, Lera Page, predecessor in interest to plaintiff-appellant Timberlake, filed with the United States Land Office in Las Cruces a homestead entry on 131.44 acres of land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. On March 21, 1907, El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company, predecessor of defendant-appellee Southern Pacific Company, filed with the same land office a plat of survey showing the location of a 20 acre tract to be used as a station ground. The plat was filed pursuant to The General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of March 3, 1875, 43 U.S.C.A. §§ 934…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Garver v. Public Service Company of New MexicoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
- Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. v. ZieglerSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Consolidated School District No. 102 v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Sullivan v. Albuquerque Nat. Trust & Savings BankNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1947
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Southwest Land Investment, Inc. v. HubbartNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Nevarez v. State Armory BoardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- Nevarez v. State Armory BoardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1972
- Robert M. Timberlake v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970