Crandall v. Goss
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Bonuer County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. The grant of way was separate and distinct from the grant of lands in aid of building the road. Any doubt that may have existed theretofore in regard to the true construction of this grant and the title and estate conferred by it upon the railroad company was fully cleared up in the case of Northern Pao. By.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, for Bonuer County. Hon. R. N. Dunn, Judge. Action to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff. The grant of way was separate and distinct from the grant of lands in aid of building the road. Any doubt that may have existed theretofore in regard to the true construction of this grant and the title and estate conferred by it upon the railroad company was fully cleared up in the case of Northern Pao. By. Go. v. Townsend, 190 U. S. 267, 23 Sup. Ct. 671, 47 L. ed. 1044; Holland Go. v. Northern Pacific By. Go., 214 Fed. 920, 131 C. C. A.…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
By an act of Congress, approved July 2, 1864 (13 Stats, at L. 365), there was granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company a right of way for a railroad, and lands in aid of the construction thereof, from Lake Superior to Puget Sound. The portions of that act necessary to be considered in deciding this case are as follows:
“Sec. 2.....That the right of way through the public lands be, and the same is hereby, granted to said ‘Northern Pacific Railroad Company,’ its successors and assigns, for the construction of a railroad and telegraph as proposed; .... Said way is granted to said railroad…
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- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Wright v. MattisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
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- Bell v. LongworthIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
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