Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought by the United States to quiet its title to a large tract of land in California, acquired under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and now set apart by act of Congress and the President’s proclamation, issued thereunder, as part of a public reservation.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought by the United States to quiet its title to a large tract of land in California, acquired under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and now set apart by act of Congress and the President’s proclamation, issued thereunder, as part of a public reservation. The facts involved, and the legislation affecting the rights of the respective parties, do not vary materially from those set forth in United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 146 U. S. 570. In view of the full statement there, and of the still fuller…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This suit was brought to obtain a decree quieting the title of the United States to a large body of lands in California, acquired under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
These lands, it is stated by counsel, aggregate about 700,000 acres, 61,989 acres of which have heretofore been patented to the Southern Pacific Eailroad Company, and for 72,000 acres of which that company has made application for patents. They are thus described in the bill filed by the United States: All the sections of land designated by odd numbers in townships 3 and 4 north, ranges 5, 6 and 7 west; township 1 north, ranges…
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