United States v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
to withdraw the writ of error, and discontinue the appeal to this court, to which the case had been brought up, by writ of error, from the supreme court of the Territory of Minnesota. Much matter of general interest was introduced' by both sides into the discussion, which it is not deemed necessary to report, because the decision of the court turned upon a single legal point.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to the supreme court of the Territory of' Minnesota.
An action of trespass was brought by the United States against the defendants before the district court of the first district, in the county of Goodhue, in said Territory, for an alleged trespass committed on section 3, in township No. 112 north, of the public lands.
The defendants justified under an act of incorporation by the legislature of the said Territory, passed March 4,1854, and by which they were empowered to construct a railroad from a point on the northwest shore of Lake Superior, and near the mouth of the…
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