Oregon & C. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. These cases were argued and submitted together.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. These cases were argued and submitted together. The suits were brought to procure the cancellation of certain patents alleged to have been erroneously issued by the government to the Oregon & California Railroad Company under the act of Congress of July 25, 1866 (chapter 241, 14 Stat. 239). All of the lands involved in the suits are within the primary limits of that grant, and are all opposite and coterminous with sections of the railroad definitely located by a map thereof filed with the Secretary of the Interior…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
*604Several of the points made on behalf of the appellant in the present cases were decided against its contention in the case of United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. et al. (C. C.) 117 Fed. 544, which case was affirmed by this court in (C. C. A.) 133 Fed. Rep. 651, and by the Supreme Court in Southern Pac. R. Co. v. United States, 200 U. S. 341, 26 Sup. Ct 296, 50 L. Ed. 507. Is it true, as further contended on behalf of the appellant, that the lands in suit were embraced by the grant of July 25, 1866, and, as consequence, that the patents issued therefor were valid? The granting…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hastings & Dakota Railroad v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. DunmeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Doolan v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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