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NOR. PAC. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 500.

227 U.S. 355 (1913)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Donnelly, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bunn was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel, with whom Mr. S.W. Williams was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Bill in equity by the United States to annul patents issued May 10, 1895, and January 6, 1896, to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and March 5, 1901, and January 4, 1904, to its successor, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, for certain described lands. The foundation of the bill is that the patents were issued by mistake as public lands granted to the railroad company under the act of Congress dated...

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