United States v. Anderson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT, OP CLAIMS.- ' The United States appeals from.' a-judgment- condemning, it to. pay fifteen .thousand dollars. The- essential facts stated in the findings are as follows: .In 1856 Congress ,granted to-the State of Alabama public lands to aid in the construction of various railroads referred to in the first and sixth sections of the act.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT, OP CLAIMS.- ' The United States appeals from.' a-judgment- condemning, it to. pay fifteen .thousand dollars. The- essential facts stated in the findings are as follows: .In 1856 Congress ,granted to-the State of Alabama public lands to aid in the construction of various railroads referred to in the first and sixth sections of the act. Among these was the -Northeast and Southwestern Railroad, “from near Gadsden to some point on the Alabama and Mississippi state line,, in the direction to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; and with a. view to connect with said .Mobile and Ohio…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
As there is no finding which tends even to establish any right at any time to the land in question in favor of the South and North'Alabama Railroad, all considération of that subject may be put out óf view. Morebver; the existence- of any supposed right in favor of that company is conclusively disposed of on this record by the finding as to the prior selection by the State of Alabama under the-grant in aid of the Northeast and Southwestern Railroad and the approval of such selection by the Secretary of the Interior.
The Government makes-no contention that if the title of the plaintiffs was of…
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