Southern Pacific Railroad v. Wood
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from judgments of the Superior Court of Kern County. J. W. Mahon, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, C.
These cases depend upon the same facts and are submitted together. They involve a contest as to certain *478lands lying within the indemnity limits of the grant to plaintiff by act of Congress of July 27, 1866, the plaintiff claiming under said grant, and the defendants claiming under patents issued to them as settlers under the land laws of the United States. The defendants demurred to the complaints in both cases, the demurrers were sustained, and these appeals are taken by the jolaintiff from the judgments thereupon entered against it.
Said act of Congress, upon which the plaintiff…
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