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- Title: United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. United States v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 12, 1892
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 114 KB
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The question to be considered is not as to the validity of the grant to the Southern Pacific Company, but only as to its extent. It may be conceded that the company took title to lands generally along its line, from Tehachapa Pass to its junction with the Texas Pacific; and the contention of the government is here limited to those lands only which lie within the granted limits of both the Atlantic and Pacific and the Southern Pacific Companies, at the crossing of their lines, as definitely located. As it appears from the record that, at the time of the location of the former companys line, so many of the tracts within these overlapping limits had been taken up by preemption and homestead entries that the indemnity limits were not large enough to supply its deficiency, it is obvious that the land to be affected by this decision is of limited area in comparison with the large body of lands covered by the grant to the Southern Pacific.