United States v. Southern Pac. Co.
District Court, N.D. California
In Equity. Six suits by the United States against the Southern Pacific Company and others, consolidated for trial. Decrees for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
BLEDSOE, District Judge.
This is final hearing of the litigation considered on motion to dismiss in (D. C.) 225 Fed. 197. The actions, six in number, consolidated upon the trial, will be considered together, as the questions presented in their substantial aspects are unitary.
The suits seek to cancel, as for fraud, certain patents issued by the government to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in pursuance of the act of Congress approved July 27, 1866, “granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the states of Missouri and" Arkansas to the Pacific Coast”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Southern Development Co. v. SilvaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Burke v. Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Barden v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Davis's Administrator v. WeibboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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