Legal Opinion
Northern Pacific Railway Company and Continental Oil Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1960No. 6178_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRATTON, Circuit Judge.
The United States began this action against Northern Pacific Railway Company and Continental Oil Company to clear its asserted title to the mineral estate under a strip of land containing 30.12 acres in Park County, Wyoming. Recourse at the outset to the background against which the litigation was instituted may contribute to a clear perception of the questions presented and the manner in which they arose.
By the Act approved July 2, 1864, 13 Stat. 365, 367, Congress made a grant of public lands to Northern Pacific Railroad Company for the construction of railroad and…
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- Sherman v. Petroleum ExplorationCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939
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