Nash v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Polk county to xecover certain land in the possession of the defendant.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Polk county to xecover certain land in the possession of the defendant. The case was submitted on stipulated facts, from which it appears, in addition -to the facts stated'in the opinion, that the land in controversy is within the ten-mile limit of the constructed line of the “St. Yincent branch” of the St. Paul & Pacific railroad, now owned by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company, and is included in the grant claimed by that company, for the construction of such line, under the acts of congress recited in the opinion;…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This is an action to recover possession of 80 acres of land situated in Polk county. The chain of title under which plaintiff claims is — First, a grant from the United States to the state of Minnesota; second, a giant from the state to the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company, to which the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company is successor; third, a 'conveyance from said last-named railway company to plaintiff. The conveyances from the United ■ States to the state, and from the state to the railroad company, and from the railroad company to plaintiff, are stipulated to have been…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schulenberg v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Rice v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1862
- MO., ETC. RY. CO. v. Kan. Pac. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
3Cited by2 opinions
- Coleman v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- St. Paul, M. & M. R. v. GreenhalghU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1886