Carr v. Central Pacific Railroad

Citations

• 55 Cal. 192

Syllabus

<p>Legislative Grant — Construction—Timber — Definition.—By the Act of Congress of July 1st, 1862, entitled “ An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad, etc.,” the timber growing on the odd-numbered sections of public mineral land of the United States was granted to the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California; and under the term timber is included all trees and wood. Held, accordingly, that a subsequent patentee of such lands took no title to the timber.</p>