Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States

Citations

• 189 U.S. 447
• 23 S. Ct. 567
• 47 L. Ed. 896
• 1903 U.S. LEXIS 1373

Syllabus

<p>Under tbe act. of March 3, 1871, c. 122, 16 Stat. 573, the rights of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company were subordinate to those of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. When the Texas Pacific grant was declared forfeited by the act of February 28, 1885, the forfeiture did not ' vest the Southern Pacific with the lands forfeited, but the forfeiture enured to the benefit of the United States.</p>