Southern Pacific Railroad v. McCusker

Citations

• 67 Cal. 67
• 7 P. 122
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 546

Syllabus

<p>Gbant by Congebess—Patent—Swamb Land—Action to Qciet Thee.—In an action to quiet title based upon a patent purporting to have been issued in pursuance of the grant by Congress to the Southern Pacific Bailroad Company, the defendant may show that the land included in the patent was swamp and overflowed land, and therefore excepted from the congressional grant.</p>