Morris v. Svor
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Chippewa county for the restitution of certain premises and for damages. Among other matters, the answer alleged that the land mentioned in the complaint was free public land of the United States and subject to homestead entry by any qualified homestead claimant; that prior to 1886, defendant entered upon the land with the intention of making entry thereof as a government homestead, being advised that whatever claim had theretofore existed in…
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Action in the district court for Chippewa county for the restitution of certain premises and for damages. Among other matters, the answer alleged that the land mentioned in the complaint was free public land of the United States and subject to homestead entry by any qualified homestead claimant; that prior to 1886, defendant entered upon the land with the intention of making entry thereof as a government homestead, being advised that whatever claim had theretofore existed in favor of the Hastings & Dakota Railway Company was or would soon be entirely extinguished; that at the time of his…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover the possession of certain real property, in which defendant had judgment, and plaintiff appealed.
The land in controversy was situated within the indemnity limits of the land grant to the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company and also the Hastings & Dakota Railroad Company. It was, as early as 1883, claimed by both these railroad companies in lieu of lands lost in the place limits of their respective grants, and formal selections thereof were made by each company during that year. The selections were subsequently held invalid and ineffectual, and the land remained a part of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Weyerhaeuser v. HoytSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Osborn v. FroysethSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. WassSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Osborn v. FroysethSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
3Cited by2 opinions
- Morris v. SvorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Kinyon v. ChristiansonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913