Farnsworth, Trustees v. Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. On the 3d of March, 1857 (11 Stat. 195), Congress passed an act granting certain lands to the Territory of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of several lines of railroad between different points in the Territory.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. On the 3d of March, 1857 (11 Stat. 195), Congress passed an act granting certain lands to the Territory of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of several lines of railroad between different points in the Territory. These lands were to consist of the alternate sections, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width, on each side of the several' lines of road, and were to be selected within fifteen miles therefrom. The act declared that the lands should be exclusively applied to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The act of Congress granting lands to the Territory of Minnesota imposed conditions upon their alienation, except as to the first one hundred and twenty sections, which the Territory could not disregard. It declared that the lands should be exclusively applied to the construction of the road in aid of which they were granted, and to no other purpose whatever, and should be disposed of only as the work progressed. It provided that their sale should be made in parcels as specified portions of the road were completed, and only in that manner. The evident intention of Congress was to secure the…
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