U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. STATE OF OREGON, 295 U.S. 701 (1935)

[Page 295 U.S. 701, 713]

46 31 W. 27.00 chs.; N. 39 45 W. 20.00 chs.; N. 42 15 W. 14.90 chs.; N. 15 15 W. 38.00 chs.; N. 31 15 W. 17.00 chs.; N. 4 43 W. 29.52 chs.; N. 14 W. 14.00 chs.; N. 47 30 E. 16.50 chs.; N. 8 E. 30.00 chs.; N. 31 30 E. 30.09 chs.; N. 24 E. 33.00 chs.; N. 11 E. 30.00 chs.; N. 72 E. 11.00 chs.; N. 82 E. 6.10 chs.; N. 45 E. 18.36 chs.; S. 89 39 E. 22.00 chs.;

Thence, in T. 26 S., R. 29 E., N. 57 E. 30.50 chs.; N. 52 E. 25.50 chs.; North 20.35 chs.;

Thence, in T. 26 S., R. 30 E. (North of Malheur Lake), N. 53 15 E. 46. 22 chs.; N. 66 E. 47.26 chs.; N. 55 15 E. 14.08 chs.; N. 68 30 E. 20.00 chs.; N. 79 15 E. 10.00 chs.; N. 88 15 E. 30.00 chs.; S. 81 E. 10.00 chs.; S. 76 15 E. 21.12 chs.; S. 81 E. 20.00 chs.; S. 82 30 E. 20.00 chs.; S. 80 E. 20.00 chs.; S. 75 30 E. 27.09 chs.; S. 70 E. 38.00 chs.; S. 69 E. 19.85 chs.; S. 64 E. 40.00 chs.; S. 60 E. 51.40 chs.; S. 89 E. 20.39 chs.;

Thence, in a southeasterly direction across unsurveyed land, along the west base of the Sand Reef on the 4,095-foot contour line, a distance of approximately 303.75 chains to the place of beginning.

14. The rights of persons not parties to this suit are not determined. It is not determined whether any part of the meander line boundary is or was in fact a true and correct meander line upon which the lands of such upland owners border, and no reference, here or in the special master's report, to parts of such line shall be taken as an adjudication that the meander line in this respect is the true or correct boundary.

15. The counterclaim of the state of Oregon is hereby dismissed except as to matters determined in paragraphs 4 and 7 of this decree.

16. It is further decreed that each party pay its own costs, and that each party pay one-half of the expenses incurred by the special master, and also one-half of the amount to be fixed by the Court as the compensation of the special master.