Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-12-03 | Page 1 | Contesting for 800,000 Acres of Land

contesting tor for acres of land washington dee DC 2 T the ile united states cuart jinx beyn been engaged hearing arguments in a ense involving the lh title to about aarm aar H of southern california land tills this land annd vas 1 I in the original grant crant to the atlantic pacific railroad I 1 ail road company made in fit 1866 mil aiki dispute Is 11 ipaty ik lite united states covern mont an aul 1 the southern liall road 1 omria oy this kraut grant mas ns forfeited by A the fici luro of 0 the iho atlantie Al lintle pacific to I 1 build the hc i ond ind it thin the specified time the Sout southam licin pacific claims the land on oil a junior grant the case conr s q to the united stalls supreme cobit from the court of A appeals P dhere the deci decision sinn mas adverse to the hie railway company I 1 the case wag as III resented by mr joseph chonle choate for the railway ballway company and assistant Abal slant attorney general Di clInson fair tile government mr claimed that tile the southern pacific ic company mas as entitled to the land in because licca the atlantic pacific company had bad never hied a definite map of location