United States v. Southern Pac. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
This was a suit in equity by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and others to annul the certification and patenting of certain lands to defendant company under grants by congress. A decree granting the relief prayed for against the company was affirmed by the supreme court. 168 U. S. 1, 18 Sup.
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This was a suit in equity by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and others to annul the certification and patenting of certain lands to defendant company under grants by congress. A decree granting the relief prayed for against the company was affirmed by the supreme court. 168 U. S. 1, 18 Sup. Ct. 18. The cause came on for further hearing in this court, on a motion of complainant for further decree as to certain defendants who were purchasers of lands from the railroad company.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
On the 3d day of March, 1887, congress enacted that the secretary of the interior immediately adjust, in accordance with the decisions of the supreme court, each of the railroad land grants, theretofore unadjusted, made by it to aid in the construction of railroads. It directed the secretary of the interior, in the event it should appear, upon the completion of the respective adjustments, or sooner, that lands had been from any canse theretofore erroneously certified or patented by the United States to or for the use or benefit of any company claiming by or through or…
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- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- United States v. California & Oregon Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. Burlington & Missouri River R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
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- Lapique v. District Court of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
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