Barlow v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the supreme court of the state of north DAKOTA. The facts, which involve the rights of a railroad company under the Right of Way Act of 1875 and of an entry-man under the Homestead Act, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In Jamestown & Northern R. R. v. Jones, 177 U. S. 125, there came under consideration the construction of the act of Congress of March 3, 1875, entitled “An act granting to railroads the right of way. through the public lands of the United States,” c. 152, 18 Stat. 482. The case .involved a controversy between the railroad which was entitled to the benefit of the act and Jones, a homestead entryman holding a patent of the United States in conséquence of rights \initiated after the railroad had constructed its line but before it had filed a map of its right of way in the appropriate local land…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jamestown & Northern Railroad v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Stalker v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. DoughtySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
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