Southern Pacific R. Co. v. Fall, 257 U.S. 460 (1922)

Southern Pacific Railroad Company v. Fall

No. 60

Submitted October 21, 1921
Decided January 3, 1922
257 U.S. 460

APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Syllabus

A regulation of tho Secretary of the Interior providing that, in the selection of indemnity lands under railroad land grants, a part only of a minor legal subdivision shall not be assigned as a base unless the rest of it be also assigned in the same selection list held a reasonable administrative measure, and not an arbitrary abridgment or obstruction of the right of selection. P. 464.

49 App.D.C. 241, 263 F. 637, affirmed.

Appeal from a decree of the court below affirming a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia which dismissed the bill in a suit against the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office for a mandatory injunction.