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· 1/27/1919

United States v. New Orleans Pacific R. Co.

Citations

  • 248 U.S. 507
  • 39 S. Ct. 175

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • considering whether an agreement \had become unenforceable by reason of inexcusable laches\
  • describing an actual settler as someone who “had the qualifications named in the homestead law, was expecting to acquire the title under that law, [and] had placed on the land a habitable dwelling in which he and his family were living”
  • consider- ing whether an agreement “had become unenforceable by reason of inexcusable laches”

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Judges: Van Devanter

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