Railroad grant; Consolidation; mortgage sale. Doering v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Publication Title:
Railroad grant; Consolidation; mortgage sale. Doering v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Display Title:
Railroad grant; Consolidation; mortgage sale. Doering v. Union Pacific Railway Co.
Corporate Agency Authors:
Decisions in Land Cases and Department of the Interior
Sort Author:
Decisions in Land Cases
Date:
[May 1895]
Publish Date ISO Format:
1895-05-01T00:00:00Z
Publication Start:
18950501
Publication End:
18950531
Corporate/Agency Author:
Decisions in Land Cases
Publication month:
8
Publication year:
1895
Description:
(Vol. 20, p. 466.)
Notes:
Notes:
Act of Mar. 3, 1869, authorizing Union Pacific Railway Co., eastern division, to contract with Denver Pacific company for construction and operation of road between Denver and Cheyenne, is recognized in the Department and courts as authority for consolidation of said lines.
Provision in act incorporating Union Pacific Railway Co., that lands granted remaining unsold after three years from final completion of road should be subject to settlement and preemption, can not be enforced as against a mortgage on said lands wherein the fee is hypothecated to secure payment of a debt not yet due.