Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill to quiet title brought by the United States against the plaintiff in error. It comes here by appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 109 Fed. Rep. 913, affirming a decree of the Circuit Court, 94 Fed. Rep. 427, in favor of the United States. The United States claims under forfeiture of a grant made to "the Texas Pacific Railroad Company in its charter,' and the Southern Pacific Railroad Company under words in the same charter which are construed to make an incidental grant to it. The principal land in controversy is land within the place limits of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Bardon v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Ryan v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. Colton Marble & Lime Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Wilson v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
- Burke v. Southern Pac. R.District Court, S.D. California · 1915
- Southern Pac. R. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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