Lawver v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal on the merits entered pursuant to an order sustaining a demurrer .to the complaint. The allegations material for the determination of the questions involved are as follows: On October 17, 1902, the state of Minnesota, being then the owner in fee of certain school lands, sold and agreed to convey the same to the plaintiff herein on the terms stated in the certificate of the commissioner of the state land office, executed and delivered to the plaintiff on that date. The certificate is made a part of the complaint, and recites, among other matters,…