Court Opinion

ID: 9417683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 20:31:13.791373+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:59:33.374668
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Field
concurring. It is greatly to be regretted that the controversies between the State of California, the Southern Pacific Railway Company, and the city of Oakland cannot now, in view of the limited character of the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States, be heard, determined, and settled by this court, for .those controversies will be a fruitful source of disturbance and vexation to the interests of the State until they are thus determined and settled. But, from the views of the court expressed in its recent decision, proceedings for such determination and settlement must find their commencement in the courts of the State, and can only ieach this court from their decision upon appeal or writ of .error. And the sooner proceedings are taken to reach that disposition of the controversies the earlier will be their final settlement.