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

Nos. 128, 129.

223 U.S. 565 (1912)

UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General for the United States.

Mr. Maxwell Evarts for appellees in No. 128 and appellants in No. 129.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought by the United States to quiet title and cancel patents, and for an accounting, as to lands lying within the indemnity limits of the grant made to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company by the act of July 27, 1866, c. 278, § 18, 14 Stat. 292, known as the Main Line Grant, and within the primary limits of the grant made to the Atlantic and Pacific...

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