Legal Opinion

Loper v. State

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 20, 1900No. Nos. 12,358—(69)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by A. E. Loper and another from an order of the district court for Brown county, Webber, J.

1Opinion of the Court

LOVELY, T.

Application was made to the judge of the district court for Brown county for $200 as a bounty provided, by law for securing the arrest and conviction of horse thieves, under G. S. 1894, §§ 7869-7871. It was, by the court, determined as a fact that the claimants were the only persons entitled to such bounty, but, upon the view that section 7869 had been amended by Laws 1897, c. 144, so as to reduce the amount of such bounty from $200 to $50, the latter sum was allowed, and directed to be divided equally among the claimants, who appeal from such allowance upon the contention that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Palms v. Shawano CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  2. State ex rel. Getchell v. O'connorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
  3. State v. SmallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  4. City of Winona v. WhippleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. . HumphriesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  2. State ex rel. Maryland Casualty Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  3. Austro-Hungarian Consul v. G. A. WestphalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
  4. State v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
  5. Bull v. KingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939

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