Northern Pac. R. v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
54 F. 67 · 1893
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1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company v. United States · Wisconsin Cent Co v. Price County · Schulenberg v. Harriman · Wright v. Roseberry · St Paul Co v. Northern Pac R Co
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““Counsel for appellant assails the decision, rendered by the circuit court, and argues at great length, from several different standpoints, to the effect that the averments of the bill clearly show that all the facts necessary to determine whether the lands in question are within the description contained in the act of congress have never been ascertained; that they cannot be identilied as lands coming within the provisions of the act, and have not been segregated from the public domain; that until such time' as they are fully defined and segregated from the public domain the lands cannot be taxed by the state; that the lands are not taxable until the United States ceases to hold or claim any such interest in them as to justify the withholding of patents therefor; that they are not taxable while there remains any duty unperformed by the United States or its officers of determining the facts upon the existence of which depends appellant’s right to have patents issued to it for said lands; that the determination of such facts is necessarily a condition precedent to the issuance of such patents; that the lands are not taxable until appellant has procured and filed affidavits of their nonmineral character in the interior department of the government, if the officers of that department have any authority to demand such affidavits; and, finally, that the lands are subject to exploration and location as mineral lands, and for this reason are not taxable. In support of this argument ”
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