St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE MINNESOTA. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota, and a motion is made to dismiss it for want of jurisdiction.
It will sufficiently appear in the opinion on the merits, that the rights asserted by both parties are founded on acts of Congress, and require the construction of those acts to determine their conflicting claims. The motion to dismiss, therefore, cannot prevail.
The source of this controversy is to be found in the act of Congress of March 3, 1857, 11 Stat. 195, making grants of land to the Territory of Minnesota and the State of Alabama to aid in the construction…
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