Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1897-10-18

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Mr. Justice Harlan delivered the opinion of the court. This suit was brought to obtain a decree quieting the title of the United States to a large body of lands in California, acquired under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. These lands, it is stated by counsel, aggregate about 700,000 acres, 61,989 acres of which have heretofore been paten…

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