St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co. v. Brown
Supreme Court of Minnesota
By an act of congress, approved September 28, 1850, (9 bt.at Large, 519,) it is provided: “That to enable the state of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby granted to said state.
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By an act of congress, approved September 28, 1850, (9 bt.at Large, 519,) it is provided: “That to enable the state of Arkansas to construct the necessary levees and drains to reclaim the swamp and overflowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp and overflowed lands, made unfit thereby for cultivation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this act, shall be and the same are hereby granted to said state. “Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the interior, as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this act, to make out an accurate list and plats of the lands…
1Opinion of the Court
Gileillan, C. J.*
The case comes here upon appeal from an order sustaining demurrers to the complaint.
The complaint alleges the corporate existence of the plaintiff, and that it is the company mentioned in the joint resolution of the legislature of March 11, 1873, “To facilitate the settlement of the title to swamp-lands heretofore granted by the state of Minnesota to state institutions and railroads. ”
The defendant Davis, when the suit was brought, was governor of the state, and the other defendants, trustees of the Minnesota Hospital for Insane.
The complaint alleges the corporate existence…
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- Rice v. AustinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
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