Southern Pac. R. v. Groeck
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
This was a suit by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company against Otto Groeck and others to establish the complainant's ownership of certain land, and compel a conveyance thereof. Defendants demurred to the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The land in controversy having been patented to the defendant Groeck under the pre-emption laws of the United States, the complainant, claiming to be entitled to it by virtue of a congressional grant, seeks by this suit to obtain a decree that the title conveyed by the patent is held in trust for it, to compel the conveyance thereof to the complainant, and to enjoin the defendants from asserting any title thereunder. The grant under Avhich the complainant claims the land is that of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292), by which, among other things, the Southern Pacific Railroad…
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