State v. Bachelder
Supreme Court of Minnesota
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF RICE COUNTY. This action was brought by tbe State of Minnesota, in the District Court of Rice County, to quiet the title to certain lands in that County, under Ghajp. 64,page 595 Stat. ofMvrm.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF RICE COUNTY. This action was brought by tbe State of Minnesota, in the District Court of Rice County, to quiet the title to certain lands in that County, under Ghajp. 64,page 595 Stat. ofMvrm. Tbe complaint set forth the following facts : That this Plaintiff was on the twenty-fifth day of June, A. D., 1860, and ever since that time has been and continued in tbe constant, actual and lawful possession of tbe following-described real estate, situated ' in tbe County of Eice, and State of Minnesota, to wit: Tbe west half of the south-west quarter, and tbe…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Oou/rt.
FlaNdeau, J.
This Court has on a former occasion examined the position occupied by the United States, and its 'rights as a land holder within the borders of this State. In the case of Camp vs. Smith, 2 Minn. R. 155 to 175, that question was fully discussed and our views there expressed are substantially that the United States has but a proprietary interest in such land, the sovereignty being-in the State. That the rights attaching to such interest do not differ from those of any other land holder in the state except as provided by the Constitution of the United States, and the…
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