Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Morton v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
District Court, D. Montana
Decided February 1, 1957No. Civ. Nos. 1794-1797Published
1Opinion of the Court
PRAY, District Judge.
It is agreed that the above entitled causes are all alike and counsel have elected to file briefs herein that apply to each and all of them alike. The said actions were commenced in the First Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Lewis and Clark, and in each an alternative writ of mandate was secured requiring the respondent to convey to the applicant in each action the quarter section of land involved therein upon payment by each applicant to the respondent the sum of $2.50 per acre, or to show cause on a date certain why the said writ had…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Hewitt v. SchultzSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. Nothern Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1941
- Theodore B. Russell v. The Texas Company, a Corporation, Frederick T. Manning Drilling Company, a Corporation, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a Corporation, the Texas Company, a Corporation v. Theodore B. RussellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957