Indemnity lands

Those lands which are, by the grant in aid of a railroad, allowed to be selected in lieu of parcels lost by previous disposition or reservation for other purposes, and the title to which accrues only from the time of their selection. Barney v. R. Co., 117 U. S. 232, 6 Sup. Ct. 654, 29 L. Ed. 858; Wisconsin C. R. Co. v. Price County, 133 U. S. 613, 10 Sup. Ct 341, 33 L. Ed. 687. Title to indemnity lands does not vest in a railroad company until they are actually selected and the selection approved by the secretary of the interior; U. S. v. R. Co., 141 U. S. 358, 12 Sup. Ct 13, 35 L. Ed. 766.

Lands granted to railroads, in aid of their construction, being portions of the public domain, to be selected in lieu of other parcels embraced within the original grant, but which were lost to the railroad by previous disposition or by reservation for other purposes. See Wisconsin Cent. R. Co. v. Price County, 133 U. S. 496, 10 Sup. Ct. 341, 33 I,. Ed. 687; Barney v. Winona & St. P. R. Co., 117 U. S. 228, 6 Sup. Ct. 654, 29 In Ed. 858; Altschul v. Clark, 39 Or. 315, 65 Pac. 991.

Defined under Indemnity in Black's Law Dictionary.