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NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. CO. v. WASS

No. 181.

219 U.S. 426 (1911)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. WASS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Restored for reargument December 19, 1910.

Reargued January 19, 20, 1911.

Decided February 20, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles W. Bunn and Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, with whom Mr. Stiles W. Burr was on the brief, for appellants in No. 24 and appellees in No. 12.

Mr. Charles W. Bunn for plaintiffs in error in No. 181.

Mr. M.H. Stanford, with whom Mr. H.H. Hoyt was on the brief, for appellees in No. 24 and appellants in No. 12.

Mr. P.B. Gorman for defendant in error in No. 181.1

Restored to docket for reargument December 19, 1910.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In brief, the facts of this case are as follows: While a filed selection by the St. Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company of land within the indemnity limits of a railroad grant was awaiting the action of the Secretary of the Interior, Fred Wass, in April, 1899, entered upon the land with the intention...

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