Johnston v. Morris
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of tlie United States for tlie .Northern District of California. This was an action by Henry C. Morris against A. G. Johnston to recover jiossession of certain lands to which plaintiff claimed title under the state of California, which had selected them as indemnity school lauds. The ¡.rial below resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant thereupon sued out this writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
By tlie act. of congress approved July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292), certain odd-numbered sections of land were granted to tlie Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the states of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific coast. Section 18 of this act authorized the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to connect with die Atlantic & Pacific Railroad at such point near the boundary of California as should be deemed most suitable for a railroad line to San Francisco; and, to aid in the construction of such railroad, it…
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