Legal Opinion
Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 2, 1942No. 149PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
We are asked to decide whether petitioner has any right to the oil and minerals underlying its right of way acquired under the general right of way statute, Act of March 3, 1875, c. 152,18 Stat. 482.
The United States instituted this suit to enjoin petitioner from drilling for or removing gas, oil and other minerals so situated, and alleged in its complaint substantially that petitioner, in 1907, acquired from the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway all of the latter’s property, including rights of way granted it under the Act of March 3, 1875, a portion of which crosses Glacier County,…
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