United States v. Southern Pac. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
This was a suit in equity by the United States against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, D. O. Mills and G-errit L. Lansing, trustees, and the Central Trust Company of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The main purpose of the bill in this suit is to obtain a decree quieting, as against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and its mortgagees, the complainant’s alleged title to all of the odd-numbered sections of land in California within the indemnity as well as the primary limits of the grant made by congress to the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, of date July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. *963292), with the exception of certain specified subdivisions involved in previous litigation between the parties. The defendants assert title to and rights in the lands under and by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. Colton Marble & Lime Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1902
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
- Southern Pac. R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1899
- United States v. Southern Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1907