Huff v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was commenced in the District Court for Winona county. The. allegations of the complaint are substantially as follows: That the Territory of Minnesota, by an act of its Legislature, incorporated the Transit Railroad Company, giving said company the rights and franchises usually given to such corporations, including the right and power to contract debts, to sue and be sued; that the right to amend and modify said act was reserved to the State; “ that the State of…
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This action was commenced in the District Court for Winona county. The. allegations of the complaint are substantially as follows: That the Territory of Minnesota, by an act of its Legislature, incorporated the Transit Railroad Company, giving said company the rights and franchises usually given to such corporations, including the right and power to contract debts, to sue and be sued; that the right to amend and modify said act was reserved to the State; “ that the State of Minnesota, by an act of its Legislature, entitled ‘ An act to facilitate the construction of a railroad from Winona…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Covrt
"Wilson, Ch. J.
Tbe Legislature of Minnesota, by an act approved March 3d, 1855, incorporated tbe Transit Railroad Company, conferring on it power to sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and authorizing and empowering it to build and operate a railroad westerly from Winona to tbe Minnesota River. Tbe company, having organized under tbe charter, by its bond duly executed in March 1858, bound itself to pay to tbe plaintiff tbe sum of $19,500, and interest, on or before tbe third day of April, 1859, on which bond this suit is brought.
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