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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 202.

237 U.S. 202 (1915)

35 S.Ct. 573

59 L.Ed. 916

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.A. Hoehling, Jr., for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, the Southern Pacific Company, operates under a lease a line of road from San Francisco, via Roseville Junction, to Portland. The line to Roseville Junction, a distance of 108.03 miles, was built as part of the main line extending from San Francisco to Ogden, Utah, by the Central Pacific Railroad Company under an act of Congress of July 1, 1862 (12 Stat. 489). By § 6 of that act the land...

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