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Legal Battle Over Northern Pacific Land Grant Rises in Montana
In Jefferson county a dispute over right of way between the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway and Markle Woods centers on mineral status of land within the Northern Pacific grant. Judge Hunt heard an agreed facts statement, with mineral character conceded as mineral, and the case may go to the supreme court to clarify rights under the mineral land commission findings. George F. Shelton W M Bickford and Charles A. Ruggles represent the plaintiff, E O Pace of Whitehall for the defendant.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Montana
Markle Woods
C. T. Crane
United States Court
Chancery
Hunt
Northern Pacific Land Grant
St. Paul Railway
Woods
Range 2
Jefferson County
Jefferson Lime Company
Mineral Land Commission
Act of Congress
Northern Pacific
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Land Office
Judge Hunt
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Barden
Northern Pacific Railroad Cmpany
Acts of Congress
George F. Shelton
W. M. Bickford
Charles A. Ruggles
E. O. Pace
Whitehall