TARPEY v. MADSEN

No. 119.

178 U.S. 215 (1900)

TARPEY v. MADSEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. L.E. Payson for plaintiff in error. Mr. L.R. Rogers filed a brief for same.

Mr. B. Howell Jones for defendant in error.


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

A narrow but important question is presented by this record. The land in controversy is an odd numbered section within the place limits of the grant to the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The identification of the lands which passed by that grant was made at the time the map of definite location was filed in the office of the Secretary of the...

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