Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Lane
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing a bill in equity to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior from canceling a list of indemnity lands attempted to be selected by the plaintiff, a land grant railroad.
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Hearing on an appeal by the plaintiff from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing a bill in equity to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior from canceling a list of indemnity lands attempted to be selected by the plaintiff, a land grant railroad. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This suit was brought by appellant, Northern Pacific Railway Company, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, to restrain the Secretary of the Interior from canceling a list of indemnity railroad lands attempted to be selected by plaintiff company under its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
The legal propositions are concisely presented in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in three questions, as follows: “(a) What-are the rights of a grantee claimant within the indemnity belt of a railroad land grant after full performance of the conditions on which the grant was made, and after statements in adjustment of the grant had been prepared under a law of Congress and submitted under the order of the Secretary of the Interior, showing that more land than those remaining within the indemnity belt will be needed to meet the known losses within the limits of the place grant % (b) Are…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Louisiana v. GarfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Kansas Pacific Railroad v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Weyerhaeuser v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Hewitt v. SchultzSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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