Svor v. Morris
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MINNESOTA. The facts, which involve questions of priority of right between a homestead settler and a railway company selecting lieu lands under a grant, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This case presents a controversy over one of the quarters of an odd-numbered section within the indemnity limits of the railroad land grant of July 4, 1866, to the State of Minnesota, which the State transferred to the Hastings and Dakota Railway Company. 14 Stat. 87, c. 168. The trial court gave judgment for the plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the State, 118 Minnesota,'344, and the defendant prosecutes this writ of error.
The facts material to the controversy are these: In 1883, after the completion of the road, the railway company filed in the local land office an…
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