State v. Torinus
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Washington county upon a promissory note dated December 23, 1873, and payable to the order of Sam. Harriman, agent of the state of Wisconsin. By order of the court the action was referred to George L. Otis, Esq., to hear, try and determine the same, and report a judgment thereon. The referee reported that the note in suit was given by defendants to the ■said Sam.
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This action was brought in the district court for Washington county upon a promissory note dated December 23, 1873, and payable to the order of Sam. Harriman, agent of the state of Wisconsin. By order of the court the action was referred to George L. Otis, Esq., to hear, try and determine the same, and report a judgment thereon. The referee reported that the note in suit was given by defendants to the ■said Sam. Harriman for the amount bid by the defendants July 25, 1873, at a public sale of certain logs which the said Harriman had taken into his possession as the agent of the state of…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
A statute of Wisconsin, approved March 3,1869, entitled, “An act to protect the lands and timber thereon granted to the St. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad Company,” authorizes the governor of said state to appoint one or more agents to preserve and protect the timber above mentioned, and makes it the duty of such agent or agents, on behalf of the state, to take possession of all logs and timber which may be cut or carried away from said lands without lawful authority, and to sell and convert the same into money, to be immediately paid into the state treasury, “provided that such sale of…
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