United States v. Oregon & California Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This was a bill brought by the United States against the Oregon Central Railroad Company and the Oregon and California Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon, to quiet title to about ninety thousand acres of land in the State of Oregon; and a cross bill filed by the defendants to quiet title to the same land in the Oregon and California Railroad Company.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This was a bill brought by the United States against the Oregon Central Railroad Company and the Oregon and California Railroad Company, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon, to quiet title to about ninety thousand acres of land in the State of Oregon; and a cross bill filed by the defendants to quiet title to the same land in the Oregon and California Railroad Company. The cause .was heard on the pleadings and a stipulation as to the facts with accompanying maps and documents. On May 4, 1870, an…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Chief Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
If the act of May I, 1870, should be held to have authorized the construction of a main road from Portland to Astoria, and that the lands adjacent to, and coterminous with, such main road, on both sides, were granted in order to accomplish that purpose; and also to have authorized the construction of a branch from the main line, at a junction near Forest Gr.ove, to McMinnville, then it would follow that all of the lands available on both sides as far as Forest Grove, and to an extent of twenty miles on each…
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