Wood v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. ■ This was. a suit in equity brought by William H. Wood against the Burlington' and Missouri River Railroad Company, Wherein he prays for a decree adjudging that the legal title to certain land, being a portion of section 13, township No. 8, range 7, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, is vested in him.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. ■ This was. a suit in equity brought by William H. Wood against the Burlington' and Missouri River Railroad Company, Wherein he prays for a decree adjudging that the legal title to certain land, being a portion of section 13, township No. 8, range 7, in Lancaster County, Nebraska, is vested in him. The bill alleges that on Feb. 1, 1866, one Robert Beall made a pre-emption filing and an entry, upon the land in question, and resided thereon from Feb. 1, 1866, to June 27, 1867, made valuable improvements, but…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The grant to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, by the act of- Congress of July 2,1864, c. 216, was of ten sections of land for every mile on each side of the line of its road when located, such sections to be designated by. odd numbers, and the land to be only taken which, at the ,timé’ the line was definitely fixed, had not been sold, reserved, ■ or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a pre-emption or homestead claim had not attached. .The grant was one of quantity, without any designation, in express terms, of any lateral limit on either side of the…
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