Storaasli v. Minnesota

By chapter 57 of the General Laws of Minnesota of 1889, that State ceded to the United States jurisdiction of the territoiy constituting the Fort Snelling Military Reservation, which lies entirely within the boundaries of Minnesota, immediately adjacent to the city limits of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its greatest length from north to south is three and three-quarters miles, and from east to* west two miles. The cession was upon condition that the public highways across the reservation be kept open for public traffic. Concurrent jurisdiction to serve process, civil and criminal, of the State,…