Sage v. Swenson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action of ejectment in the district court for Stevens county by Russell Sage, as assignee in trust of the Hastings & Dakota Railway Company, against N. S. Swenson. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered in pursuance of the findings and order of C. L. Brown, J., defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action involved the title to 120 acres of land situated in an odd section within the “indemnity limits” of the Hastings & Dakota Railway. See act of July 4, 1866, entitled “An act making an additional grant of lands to the state of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads” in said state (14 Stat. 87).
The map of definite location of the line of road having been filed, the secretary of the interior, in April, 1868, withdrew from entry the odd-numbered sections within both the 10 and 30-mile “limits,” as permanently established by the map of definite…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Winona & St. Peter Railroad v. BarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. Colton Marble & Lime Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
3Cited by6 opinions
- O'Connor v. GertgensSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- State v. SageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Gray's Harbor Co. v. DrummWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- Sage v. CrowleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Sage v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
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