Southworth v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the ease: This case not being appealable, no findings of fact were filed. The facts, so far as they, are involved in the decision, are stated in the opinion of the court.
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The Reporters' statement of the ease: This case not being appealable, no findings of fact were filed. The facts, so far as they, are involved in the decision, are stated in the opinion of the court. As implied from the statute, the sole ground upon which the exceptional charge of $2.50 per acre for public lands is based is because they are within the limits of a railroad land grant, by which land grant the alternate sections have been granted to a railroad company in order to aid in the construction of a railroad. All laws which have authorized the charge of $2.50 per acre for agricultural…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant avers in his petition inter alia that on December 28,1888, he entered the NE. of sec. 27, T. 8 S., R. 22 W., *81Gila and. Salt River meridian, in tbe Territory of Arizona, containing 160 acres, under the provisions of Revised Statutes, section 2301, his entry being known as a cash entry No. 608, Tucson land office; that he was charged by the receiver of said land office and actually paid into his hands the sum of $400, being at the rate of $2.50 per acre for said lands, and that the money so paid to said receiver was turned over to the clefendants; that the ordinary price of public…
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- Buttz v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Healey v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1894
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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- Czarnowski v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1926