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UNITED STATES v. OREGON & C. R. CO.

No. 7699.

8 F.2d 645 (1925)

UNITED STATES v. OREGON & C. R. CO. et al.

District Court, D. Oregon.

September 15, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Williams, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C.

Ben C. Dey, Alfred A. Hampson, and Geo. L. Buland, all of Portland, Or., for defendants Oregon & C. R. Co., Southern Pacific Co., and Charles H. Redington.

Dolph, Mallory, Simon & Gearin and John M. Gearin, all of Portland, Or., and Miller, King, Lane & Trafford, of New York City, for defendant Central Union Trust Co.

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

This is a suit against the railroad company for an accounting under the Act of Congress approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), commonly known as the Chamberlain-Ferris Act. Under the provisions of this act, it is declared that title to all lands comprised by the previous grants of Congress to the predecessors of the Oregon & California Railroad Company not sold prior to July 1, 1913, "be and the same is hereby revested in the United States...

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