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CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD v. NEVADA

Nos. 170, 171.

162 U.S. 512 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 885

40 L.Ed. 1057

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, v. NEVADA. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, v. NEVADA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John C. Chaney for defendant in error.

Mr. Robert M. Beatty, attorney general of the State of Nevada, and Mr. Henry Mayenbaum filed a brief for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

There appear to be within the county of Lander four classes of lands embraced within the Pacific land grants of 1862 and 1864.

(1.) Patented lands to the amount of 24,123 acres, assessed at $1.25 per acre, concerning the taxability of which there is no dispute. Railway Co. v. McShane, 22 Wall. 444.

(2.) Unsurveyed lands to the amount of 195,200 acres, assessed...

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