United States v. Grand Rapids & I. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. ■ The facts are so well and correctly stated by Judge Knappen, who heard this case in the Circuit Court, that we set out below and adopt that part of his opinion as our statement of the case. j The bill in this cause was filed February 20, 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…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. ■ The facts are so well and correctly stated by Judge Knappen, who heard this case in the Circuit Court, that we set out below and adopt that part of his opinion as our statement of the case. j The bill in this cause was filed February 20, 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 (24 Stat. 556, c. 376 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901,…
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above): Confessedly the lands involved are within the place limits of the grant of June 3, 1856. 11 Stat. 21, c. 44. The contention of the government is that, although within the place limits of that grant, they did not pass under the grant, because excepted out of its operation by a proviso ■excepting—
“any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of '.Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of *301aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever.”
On May 11. 1855, these lands,…
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