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SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 190.

189 U.S. 447 (1903)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell Evarts and Mr. L.E. Payson for appellants.

Mr. Special Attorney Joseph H. Call for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill to quiet title brought by the United States against the plaintiff in error. It comes here by appeal from a decree of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 109 Fed. Rep. 913, affirming a decree of the Circuit Court, 94 Fed. Rep. 427, in favor of the United States. The United States claims under forfeiture of a grant made to the Texas Pacific Railroad Company in its charter, and the Southern...

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