St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Ward
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Blue Earth county, to recover possession of a quarter-section of land in that county. The defendants, in their answer, among other things, alleged facts (recited in the opinion) showing title in defendant Elizabeth. The action was tried' by Severance, J., who ordered judgment for defendants, which was entered, and' the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
VaNderburgh, J.1
The action concerns the title to a quarfcer-see-tfcion of land lying within the indemnity limits of the plaintiff’s land grant. The general land-grant act of March 3,1857, (11U. S. St. at Large, 195,) among other things, granted to the territory of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads, among •others, “from St. Paul and from St. Anthony, via Minneapolis, to a ■convenient point of junction west of the, Mississippi, to the southern boundary of the territory, in the direction of the mouth of the Big Sioux river,” every alternate section of land…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hastings & Dakota Railroad v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. DunmeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Van Wyck v. KnevalsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Ryan v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Doran v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. EbilcisorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Donohue v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907