United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

KERR, District Judge.

The United States brings this action to quiet title to a strip of land 150 feet wide traversing Section 35, Township 58 North, Range 98 West, of the 6th P.M., Park County, Wyoming, and comprising 30.12 acres.

For convenience and brevity the Northern Pacific Railway Company will be referred to as “Railway Company”, the Continental Oil Company will be referred to as “Oil Company” and the United States will sometimes be referred to as “Government”.

From the pleadings and evidence there emerges a single question: “Who owns the minerals underlying this strip of land?”.

The basic…