St. Paul, M. & M. Ry. Co. v. St. Paul & N. P. R.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was a bill which was filed by the St. Paul & Nor them Pacific Railroad Company, hereafter termed the plaintiff company, against tile St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba'Railway Company et al., to establish its title to a large body of land in the state of Minnesota, and to annul certain deeds which were executed by the governor of that state in the years I8GG and 1871, on the ground that…
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Appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. This was a bill which was filed by the St. Paul & Nor them Pacific Railroad Company, hereafter termed the plaintiff company, against tile St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba'Railway Company et al., to establish its title to a large body of land in the state of Minnesota, and to annul certain deeds which were executed by the governor of that state in the years I8GG and 1871, on the ground that they operated as a cloud ou the plaintiff company’s title. The plaintiff also prayed that the defendant company might, be…
1Opinion of the CourtThayeb, Circuit Judge
The first question presented for consideration is one of jurisdiction, and. as both parties to the suit are corporations created by and existing under the laws of the state of Minnesota, the decision of the jurisdictional question turns upon the inquiry whether the case is one arising under the laws of the United States. Since the recent decisions in Tennessee v. Union & Planters’ Bank, 152 U. S. 454, 14 Sup. Ct. 654; Chappell v. Waterworth, 155 U. S. 102, 15 Sup. Ct. 34; and Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Alabama, 155 U. S. 482, 15 Sup. Ct. 194,—it must be regarded as settled that the circuit…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Tennessee v. Union & Planters' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Tennessee v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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