Legal Opinion
United States v. Grand Rapids & I. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Michigan
Decided May 25, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Equity.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, District Judge.
The bill in this cause was filed February SO,-1896, by the Attorney General of the United States under the act of March 3, 1887, providing for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands (Act May 3, 1887, c. 376, 24 Stat. 556), for the cancellation of patents for 20,276.66 acres of land in the counties of Charlevoix and Emmet, Mich., certified by the United States to- the state of Michigan and conveyed thereunder to the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Company, and for the recovery of…
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