Sioux City & Iowa Falls Town Lot & Land Co. v. Griffey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The court stated the case as follows : On May 15, 1856, Congress passed an act granting lands to the State of Iowa to aid in the construction of certain railroads. li Stat. 9, c. 28. The grant was a grant m :prmenti, and of alternate sections, with the familiar provision.: “ But in case it shall appear that the United.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IOWA. The court stated the case as follows : On May 15, 1856, Congress passed an act granting lands to the State of Iowa to aid in the construction of certain railroads. li Stat. 9, c. 28. The grant was a grant m :prmenti, and of alternate sections, with the familiar provision.: “ But in case it shall appear that the United. States have, when the lines or routes of said roads are definitely fixed, sold any sections, or any parts thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beewee
delivered the opinion of the court... The first and principal question is at what time the title of the railroad company attached, whether at the time the map of definite location was filed in the General Land Office at Washington, or when, prior thereto, its line was surveyed and staked out on the surface of the ground. While the question in this precise form has never been before this court, yet the question .as to the time at which the title attaches, under grants similar to this, has been often presented, and the uniform ruling has been that it attaches at the.time of the filing of the…
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