Hoyt v. Weyerhaeuser’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The right to particular tracts of indemnity land under such a grant vests in the company upon the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the company’s selection of them, and neither this right nor the title thereunder relates back so as to divest the rights of prior entrymen or purchasers of the land under the general land laws of the United States. * * * “The land in question was within indemnity limits under the grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, * * * and the Secretary had withdrawn and suspended it from entry and sale. The company had filed its selection of this land, but the Secretary had not approved it. Thereupon Jones entered and paid for it under the Timber and Stone Acts. Act June 3, 1878, c. 151, 20 Stat. 89 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1545), * * * and Act Aug. 4, 1892, c. 375, 27 Stat. 348 (U. S., Gomp. St. 1901, p. 1434). * * * Thereafter the Secretary approved the railroad company’s selection and issued a patent for the land to that company.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sawyer v. Gray