Southern Pac. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
The general history, character, and nature of these suits are fully stated in the opinion of the circuit court in U. S. v. Southern Pac. Co., 94 Fed. 427, to which reference is here made. It appears therefrom that three separate, independent suits were instituted by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for the purpose of determining the title to certain odd-numbered sections of land within the 20 and 30 mile limits of the grant made by the United States to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company by act of congress of March 3, 1871, which lands…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Van Wyck v. KnevalsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Buttz v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Sioux City & Iowa Falls Town Lot & Land Co. v. GriffeySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Muller v. PalmerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
- Utah, N. & C. R. v. Utah & C. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1901