SOUTHERN PAC. R.R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 121.

223 U.S. 560 (1912)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell Evarts for appellants.

The Solicitor General for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought by the United States to annul patents for lands lying within the indemnity limits of the grant made to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company by the act of March 3, 1871, c. 122, § 23, 16 Stat. 573, 579, known as the branch line grant, and within the grant made to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company...

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