National Bank v. County of Yankton
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
By sect. 4 of the act to provide a temporary government for the Territory of Dakota, no one session of the legislative assembly shall exceed forty days (12 Stat. 239), and in 1869 Congress declared that the sessions of all territorial legislative assemblies should be biennial. 15 id. 300. The members of the legislative assembly of Dakota met on the 5th of December, 1870, and continued in regular session on all days, except Sundays, until Jan. 13, 1871, when they adjourned without day. The day of adjournment was called on the journals the fortieth day of the session, although there bad been…
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