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SANTA FE PAC. R.R. CO. v. FALL

Nos. 108, 109.

259 U.S. 197 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 466

66 L.Ed. 896

SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. FALL, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.W. Clements, with whom Mr. Alexander Britton was on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. H.L. Underwood were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These are two bills in equity brought in respect of different parcels of land but seeking the same kind of relief against the Secretary of the Interior, and raising the same question of law. The facts are simple. Under the land grant to its predecessor, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company, the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company was the owner of coal lands in New...

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