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Northern Pacific Ry. Co. Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of the railroad and railway companies, or of their respective vendees, other than as the lands fall within or without the reservation. if they were within the boundaries of the reservation, they were lands of the indians; otherwise, public lands of the united states, and passed to the companies, respectively, under the act of congress and the ..... railway company, for certain described lands. the foundation of the bill is that the patents were issued by mistake as public lands granted to the railroad company under the act of congress dated july 2, 1864 (13 stat. 365, c. 217), the lands actually being, it is alleged by the government, part of the yakima indian reservation ..... states v. winans, supra. it is contended that the northern pacific railway company and the individual appellants are bona fide purchasers, and, as such, entitled to protection under the act of march 2, 1896 (29 stat. 42, c. 39). section 1 of that act provides that suits brought by the united states to vacate and annul any .....

Maricopa and Phoenix R. Co. Vs. Arizona

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , 1895 156 u.s. 347 appeal from the supreme court of the territory of arizona syllabus when congress grants to a railway company organized under the laws of a territory a right of way over an indian reservation within the territory, and the road is constructed entirely within the territory, that part of it within the reservation is ..... irrespective of the amount involved. after the organization of the territory of arizona, certain land situated within its geographical limits was set apart as an indian reservation, for the use of the pima and maricopa indians. act of february 28, 1859, c. 66, 3, 11 stat. 401. the tract is known as the "gila river reservation." the maricopa ..... of power. its necessary effect was, to the extent of the grant and for the purposes thereof, to withdraw the land from the operation of the prior act of reservation. and the immediate consequence of such withdrawal, so far as it affected the property and rights withdrawn, was to reestablish the full sway and dominion of .....

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Ry. Co. Vs. Shane

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , colorado & santa fe ry. co. v. shane, 157 u.s. 348 (1895) gulf, colorado and santa fe railway company v. shane no. 212 submitted january 29, 1895 decided april 1, 1895 157 u.s. 348 error to the united states court for the indian territory syllabus it being settled that, by the joint resolution of march 3, 1891, 26 stat. 1115, the ..... brought the case here by error. the writ of error was allowed and sealed on june 5, 1891. it is contended that we are without jurisdiction because, by the act creating the circuit courts of appeals, the court of appeals for the eighth circuit has alone jurisdiction of this controversy. it is settled "that, by the joint resolution of ..... sued out, or taken before july 1, 1891, the court has jurisdiction of this case, the writ of error having been allowed and sealed june 5, 1891. under the act of may 2, 1890, c. 182, providing a temporary government for the territory of oklahoma, the provisions of the statutes of arkansas that if either party shall desire a panel .....

Superintendent and Legal Remembrancer, State of West Bengal Vs. Corpor ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1967SC997; 1967CriLJ950; [1967]2SCR170

..... case. the court held that as the crown is not, either expressly or by implication, bound by the indian companies' act (x of 1866), and as an order made under that act for the winding up of a company does not work any alteration of property against which execution is sought, such an order does not enable the court ..... civil procedure (old), s. 212 (proviso) of the indian companies act, s. 20 (proviso) of the sea customs act, 1878, s. 1(4)(i) of the indian ports act, s. 3, proviso (1) of the indian stamps act, 1899, and s. 3 of the india act xi of 1881 etc. what is more, act xi of 1881 empowered the governor-general in council by ..... into many trading activities, e.g. to effectuate control of prices, prevent hoarding and distribute commodities in short supply, besides maintenance of departments like posts, telegraphs, railways, telephones etc., activities which may have been regarded as -trading activities in the past. but if initiation and completion of schemes for social welfare of the people .....

Shahdara (Delhi) Saharanpur Light Railway Co. Ltd. Vs. the Municipal B ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1967SC1747; [1967]3SCR243

..... . the next enactment to be referred to is the indian railway companies act, 1895 (act x of 1895), which provided for the payment, by railway companies, registered under the indian companies act, 1882, of interest out of capital during construction. section 2(1) defines 'railway' as meaning a railway as defined in s. 3, clause (4) of the railways act. section 3 provided for a railway company paying interest on its paid-up share capital, out ..... in that section. there are other consequential provisions, in this act. 15. the indian tramways act, 1902 (act iv of 1902) was one to apply the provisions of the indian railway companies act, 1895, to certain tramway companies. the preamble to this act iv of 1902, stated that it was expedient to apply the provisions of the indian railway companies act, 1895, to companies formed for the construction of tramways 'not differing in structure and .....

Union of India (Uoi) Vs. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : II(1997)ACC589; 1998ACJ342; JT1997(8)SC653; 1997(2)KLT986(SC); (1998)118PLR248; 1997(6)SCALE497; (1997)8SCC683; [1997]Supp4SCR643; 1997(2)LC827(SC)

..... only confers a power on the central government of issue a requisition to the railway administration, i.e. the general managers or the railway companies (if any) to ..... . v. tara prasad) : air1928cal504 , the direct obligation cast on the railway by section 21 of the act 18 of 1954 was repealed later by act 25 of 1871. to this extent, the indian statute therefore differs from the english statute. under section 13 of the railways act, 1890 no such duties are imposed directly on the railway administration by the statute. the section on the other hand .....

Patterson Vs. Jenks

Court : US Supreme Court

..... warrants and surveys which shall be, as well as those which have been, made or laid out in the lands yet within the lines of the indians. in february, 1783, georgia passed an act for opening her land office. the 11th section of this as is retrospective so far as it annuls surveys and grants. its prospective provisions only ..... to the sixth circuit court of the united states for the district of georgia syllabus construction of the provisions of the treaties with the indians made by the state of georgia relative to boundaries and of the acts of the legislature of that state relative to grants of lands within its territorial limits and which were not within the ..... indian boundary line as defined by the treaties and as recognized by those acts. undoubtedly the presumption is in favor of the validity of every grant issued in the forms prescribed by law, and it is incumbent an .....

Beaty Vs. Lessee of Knowler

Court : US Supreme Court

..... or otherwise to make partition, as they should order, among the owners in proportion to the amount of loss, and amongst other things, the act provided, "that to defray all necessary expenses of said company in purchasing and in extinguishing the indian claim of title to the land, surveying, locating, and making partition thereof, as aforesaid, and all other necessary expenses of said ..... section of the act, power is given to the directors to extinguish the indian title, under the authority of the united states, when obtained; to survey and locate the land into townships, or otherwise to make partition, and to defray all necessary expenses in carrying these objects into effect, and to meet these and "all other necessary expenses of said company," the directors .....

Mitchel Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... mark's, comprehending all the intervening seacoast and the islands adjacent. the title was asserted to be held under deeds from the creek and seminole indians to panton, leslie & company, to john forbes & company, and to john forbes, and confirmed by the authorities of spain. these lands, the petitioners alleged, were granted by the ..... provinces, as the supreme legislative, executive, and judicial power, subordinate to the king only. and as it became afterwards in the hands of the governor alone by act of congress subordinate only thereto, while under both, the government was administered in conformity to the local laws and municipal regulations. it cannot, therefore, be doubted that ..... states, for their use or in trust to convey to them. there is no evidence or reason to induce the belief that spain acted in any other manner in the confirmation of indian deeds; the usage of her local governors and commandants of posts in such confirmation is in precise conformity to that of the other colonial .....

Denn Vs. Reid

Court : US Supreme Court

..... that the object of the legislature was to provide for deeds, which had been duly proved and registered in any county in the state, calling for lands covered by the indian title, and not within any organized county. and that such a construction should be given to the statute, as shall effectuate the intentions of the legislature. that this was ..... is embraced by the provisions in this statute in two particulars is clear. it calls for land to which the indian title was not extinguished when the deed was proved and registered, or indeed until nine or ten years after this act was passed. and it appears that it was registered in the county of davidson, "within the time required ..... not valid. it is contended that this registration is made good by the third section of the act of 23 november, 1809, which provides "that all deeds for the absolute conveyance of any real estate within this state to which the indian title was not extinguished at the time of the execution of such deed and at the time of .....