Northern Pacific Railroad v. Lewis
Citations
- 162 U.S. 366
- 16 S. Ct. 831
- 40 L. Ed. 1002
- 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2212
Syllabus
<p>A person who, without authority, cuts wood from public lands of the United States, not mineral, or purchases such wood so cut, and leaves it, when cut or purchased, upon such public lands near a railroad, has no right of possession of, or title to, or ownership in it, and cannot maintain an action against the corporation owning such railroad for its destruction by lire caused by sparks from locomotives of the company.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “possession is prima facie evidence of some kind of rightful ownership or title.”
- plaintiffs who had no ownership interest in timber could not bring an action for its allegedly negligent destruction
- “possession is prima facie evidence of some kind of rightful ownership or title.”
- \possession is prima facie evidence of some kind of rightful ownership or title\.
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Judges: Peckham
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