In re the Senate of Minnesota
Supreme Court of Minnesota
At a session of the Legislature of this State in 1865 the following resolution was adopted 'by the Senate, to-wit; “Resolved, That the Supreme Court be and they are hereby respectfully requested to furnish the Senate their opinion upon the following questions: “ 1. Whether the persons named in the act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, entitled ‘A bill for an act entitled an act to incorporate the Nebraska and Lake Superior Railroad Company,’ approved…
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At a session of the Legislature of this State in 1865 the following resolution was adopted 'by the Senate, to-wit; “Resolved, That the Supreme Court be and they are hereby respectfully requested to furnish the Senate their opinion upon the following questions: “ 1. Whether the persons named in the act of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, entitled ‘A bill for an act entitled an act to incorporate the Nebraska and Lake Superior Railroad Company,’ approved May 23,1857, ever became a legally constituted corporation. If so, when and by what act, and was it competent for the…
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McMillan, J.
— A copy of the resolution of the Senate requesting the Supreme Court to furnish the Senate with their opinion upon certain questions stated in the resolution was communicated to the Court yesterday.
We have had the matter under advisement, and given it that consideration which a communication from so high a source is entitled to receive.
The resolution, we presume, was passed in view of Sec. 15, Ch. 4, Comp. Stat., which provides that “either house may, by resolution, request the opinion of the Supreme Court, or any one or more of the Judges thereof, upon a given…
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