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Adverse Possession In The Case Of The Rights Of Way Of The Pacific Railroad Companies, Ralph W. Aigler
Adverse Possession In The Case Of The Rights Of Way Of The Pacific Railroad Companies, Ralph W. Aigler
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While the weight of authority is probably to the effect that railroad rights of way may be lost by adverse possession, the authorities are by no means agreed. See 12 MICH. L. REV. 144. The rights of way of certain of the Pacific Railroad Companies have been declared not to be subject to the ordinary rules as to adverse possession, on the ground that by the Congressional grants the four-hundred-foot-strips were conveyed only for railroad purposes with the ultimate possibility of reverter in the United States, which had the effect of making such lands inalienable by the railroad companies whether …