Railroad Lands Co. v. City of Shreveport

Citations

• 117 La. 140
• 41 So. 443
• 1906 La. LEXIS 658

Syllabus

<p>1. Public Lands — Grant by Federal Government — Ratirioation by State.</p> <p>A grant by the federal government of land that had passed to the state under the swamp land grants of 1849 and 1850, may be ratified and confirmed by the state.</p> <p>2. Same — Railroad aid Grant.</p> <p>Where such subsequent grant is made to the state herself, in aid of a railroad, and the state accepts the grant, and in her turn, grants the land to a railroad company, such action on her part operates as a consent to the subsequent grant — a ratification and confirmation of it.</p> <p>3. Same — Swamp Land Grants.</p> <p>Where, owing to such subsequent grant, the General Land Department has refused to confirm the land to the state under the swamp land grants, and the state has, nevertheless, issued a patent for the land, as of land belonging to her under the swamp land grants, and such patent comes in opposition to the title under the subsequent grant, the latter will prevail.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>