United States v. Oregon & C. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
In Equity. Suit by the United States of America, complainant, ag-ainst the Oregon & California Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Company, Stephen T. Gage (individually and as trustee), Union Trust Company (individually and as trustee), John L. Snyder, Julius F. Prahl, Albert E. Thompson, James Barr, Fred Witte, W. A. Anderson, W. H. Anderson, O. M. Anderson, F. E. Williams, Paul Birken-feld, J. H. Lewis, Francis S. Wiser, W. E. Anderson, Albert Arms, Joseph A. Maxwell,…
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In Equity. Suit by the United States of America, complainant, ag-ainst the Oregon & California Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Company, Stephen T. Gage (individually and as trustee), Union Trust Company (individually and as trustee), John L. Snyder, Julius F. Prahl, Albert E. Thompson, James Barr, Fred Witte, W. A. Anderson, W. H. Anderson, O. M. Anderson, F. E. Williams, Paul Birken-feld, J. H. Lewis, Francis S. Wiser, W. E. Anderson, Albert Arms, Joseph A. Maxwell, Isaac McKay, J. R. Peterson, D. MacLafferty, Edgar MacLafferty, V. V. McAboy, George C. MacLafferty, George Edgar…
1Opinion of the CourtWodverton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Counsel for the defendant railroad companies and S. T. Gage make the following points of contention in support of their demurrers to the bill of complaint, the cross-complaint, and the bills in intervention: I quote from their reply brief:
“(1) Rights acquired by the Bast Side Company under the act of 1866 deprived Congress of the power, by amendatory act of 1869, to impose new conditions on the estate; besides, the amendatory act expressly saved ‘rights acquired’ under the act of 1866.
“(2) The controlling purpose of Congress in making the land grants, here…
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