Union Pacific Railroad v. Snow
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the Railroad Land Grant Act of July 1,1862, and the act of June 24,1912, and the extent of rights claimed to have been acquired under the latter act by adverse possession in a railroad right of way, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO. The facts, which involve the construction and application of the Railroad Land Grant Act of July 1,1862, and the act of June 24,1912, and the extent of rights claimed to have been acquired under the latter act by adverse possession in a railroad right of way, are stated in the opinion. Any title which plaintiff or its predecessors ever had in or to the premises in controversy emanated from the act of July 1, 1862, and was a limited or determinable fee conditioned upon the continued use of said right of way for'railroad purposes. Stuart v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This case was submitted at the same time as No. 570, just decided.. It is ejectment for lands, part of the right of way granted to the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railroad Company by the act of July 1, 1862, c. 120, 12 Stat. 489, to which right of way plaintiff in error (designated herein as plaintiff) is the successor. The action was brought in the District Court of Arapahoe County, State of Colorado.
The sufficiency of the complaint is not questioned, and it is enough to say that it is, in legal effect, the same as in case No. 570, with only such, differences as are necessary.
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