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Supreme Court Grants Railroad Land

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 15, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 3.

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Supreme Court Grants Railroad Land

The United States Supreme Court has rendered a decision which gives to the Southern Pacific Company 3,000,000 acres of land in Southern California, comprising alternate sections between the Needles and a point north of Los Angeles. The lower courts had decided against the railroad company, but the Supreme Court reverses their decision.