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CITY OF BUCKLEY v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CORP.

No. 52593-5.

106 Wn.2d 581 (1986)

723 P.2d 434

THE CITY OF BUCKLEY, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CORPORATION, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirshenbaum & Combs, by Loren D. Combs, for appellant.

Billett, Comfort & Rosenow, by Lawrence D. Silvernale and George C. Inman, Jr.; Susan L. Barnes, Department of Justice, for respondents.

PEARSON, J.

The sole issue in this case is whether 43 U.S.C. § 912 (1982) entitles a municipality to receive the United States' reversionary interest in an abandoned railroad right of way granted to a railroad company pursuant to the Northern Pacific Land Grant Act of 1864, if the municipality had not received a patent to the underlying fee. We hold § 912 does entitle a municipality to the federal government's...

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