State ex rel. Brown v. Macdonald
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the information of Luther M. Brown a writ was issued by tbe supreme court of tbe state of Minnesota, dated February 20,1877, and directed to John L. Macdonald, commanding him to appear before tbe said court upon a day named, to show quo warranto he beld and exercised tbe office of judge of tbe eighth judicial district.
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Upon the information of Luther M. Brown a writ was issued by tbe supreme court of tbe state of Minnesota, dated February 20,1877, and directed to John L. Macdonald, commanding him to appear before tbe said court upon a day named, to show quo warranto he beld and exercised tbe office of judge of tbe eighth judicial district. Tbe defendant responded, by answer to tbe information and writ, at tbe time designated, and tbe case was thereupon referred for tbe purpose of taking testimony. It was conceded that tbe defendant bad received a plurality of tbe votes east for tbe office of judge of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
1. “An alien may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States in the following manner and not otherwise:
*56“First. He shall declare on oath before a circuit or a district court of the United States, or a district or supreme court of the territories, or a court of record of any of the states having common law jurisdiction and a seal and clerk, two years at least prior to his admission, that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Spratt v. SprattSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Coit v. HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
- Berthold v. FoxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- McCarthy v. . MarshNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Hotchkiss v. CuttingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sodini v. SodiniSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Sandwich Manuf'g Co. v. EarlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Chouteau v. HuntSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- City of Rockland v. Inhabitants of Hurricane IsleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
- Turrell v. WarrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1878
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