United States v. California and Oregon Land Company; California and Oregon Land Company v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. The facts- are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are cross appeals from a decree of the United States Circuit Court. ' The bill was brought for the purpose of having certain patents of land issued by the United States declared void. These patents were issued on April 21, 1871, December 8, 1871, and April 2, 1873, to the Oregon Central Military Road Company, under an act of Congress of July 2, 1861, 13 Stat. 355, granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a wagon road, and in pursuance of *356a grant of the same lands by the State to the Road Company on October 24, 1864. The California and Oregon Land Company…
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