Stalker v. Oregon Short Line Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the supreme court oe THE STATE OF IDAHO. The facts, which involve the construction of the act of March 3, 1875, granting station grounds on the public lands to railroad companies, and the conflicting rights of a company claiming thereunder and-an entryman, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lukton
This was an action brought by the railroad company under a statute of the State of Idaho to quiet title to four certain lots in the town of Meridian, Idaho. - The judgment in the trial court for the railroad company was affirmed in the Supreme Court of the State.
The defendant in error, ■ as successor in title to the Idaho Central Railway Company, claims that the property in question is a part of the station grounds granted to its predecessor under the act of Congress of March 3, 1875, which grant in part conflicts with a preemption entry made by one Joseph G. Reed, under whom the plaintiffs…
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