People v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J. W. McKinley, Frank Karr, W. R. Millar, and E'. J. Foulds, for Appellants. U. S. Webb, Attorney-General, A. L. Stephens, City Attorney of Los Angeles, A. P. Fleming, L. R. Hewitt, and Anderson & Anderson, for Respondent.
1Opinion of the Court
The defendants appeal from the judgment and from an order denying their motion for new trial.
By sections 474 and 475 of the Civil Code the state has made a grant running to every railroad corporation of a right of way for the location, construction, and maintenance of its railroad, and every necessary adjunct thereof, over any "swamp, overflowed, or other public lands of the state not otherwise disposed of or in use," not exceeding 200 feet in width, and "not within three miles of any incorporated town or city." In view of the language of subdivision 5 of section 465, empowering every…
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