Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. Minnesota
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. On March 3, 1857, Congress passed an act, 11 Stat. 195, c. 99, granting lands to the Territory, now State, of Minnesota, to aid in the building of railroads. On May 22, 1857, the territorial legislature granted a portion of these lands, including those in controversy, to the Transit Railroad Company.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. On March 3, 1857, Congress passed an act, 11 Stat. 195, c. 99, granting lands to the Territory, now State, of Minnesota, to aid in the building of railroads. On May 22, 1857, the territorial legislature granted a portion of these lands, including those in controversy, to the Transit Railroad Company. Laws of Minnesota, 1S57, special session, p. 17. The fourth section of this act provided that “ the lands so granted shall be and are exempted from all taxation until the same shall have been sold and conveyed by said company.” The Transit…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beewer
/ Two questions are presented: First, has the State of Minnesota, in disregard of section 10 of article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, passed any law impairing the obligation of • contracts; and, second, were the tax proceedings in violation of that clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits a State from depriving any person of property without due process of law ?
With respect to the first question, it may be noticed that since the grant in 1862 to the Winona and St, Peter Railroad Company the legislature of the State has passed no statute in terms referring to the…
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