UNITED STATES v. COLTON MARBLE & LIME CO.

Nos. 862, 863.

146 U.S. 615 (1892)

UNITED STATES v. COLTON MARBLE AND LIME COMPANY. UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1892.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for appellant.

Mr. James C. Carter for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The ordinary rule with respect to lands within indemnity limits is, that no title passes until selection. Where, as here, the deficiency within the granted limits is so great that all the indemnity lands will not make good the loss, it has been held, in a contest between two railroad companies, that no formal selection was necessary to give them to the one having the older grant, as against...

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