United States v. Oregon & CR Co.

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

This is a suit against the, railroad company for an accounting under the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), commonly known as the Chamberlain-Ferris Act. Under the provisions of this act, it is declared that title to all lands comprised by the previous grants of Congress to the predecessors of the Oregon, & California Railroad Company not sold prior to July 1, 1913, “be and the samo is hereby revested in the United States.” By section 7 of tho act the Attorney General is authorized and directed by appropriate action “to have determined the amount…