Cameron v. Lyen

Citations

• 57 Wash. 384
• 106 P. 1111
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 762

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands —• Railroad Grants — Relinquishment — Settlement. Under Act Cong. July 1, 1898, 30 Stats. 620, providing that when certain railroad lands shall be settled on in good faith prior to survey, and proof thereof made, with due relinquishment by the railroad company, the company may then select other lands in lieu thereof, it is optional on the part of the company to relinquish its rights to lands settled on subsequently to the passage of the act.</p> <p>Public Lands — Decisions of Department — Rule of Decisions. Where the equities of the settler depend upon an act of Congress, rules of the department in accord with the court's construction of the act are to be given due weight.</p>