Weeks v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Stearns county, Baxter, J., presiding, refusing a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, J.1
This is an action under the statute to determine adverse claims to vacant and unoccupied real estate. Both parties claim title, — the plaintiff through the congressional land grant to the territory of Minnesota, March 3,1857, (11 St. at Large, p. 195,) to aid in the construction of certain railroads; the defendant through one Brott, who is claimed to have made a pre-emption entry of the land prior to the definite location of the road in aid of which the grant of 1857 was made, having the effect to except the land from the operation of that grant. The land was certified to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Wright v. RoseberrySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. DunmeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Newhall v. SangerSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Van Wyck v. KnevalsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by4 opinions
- St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad v. WardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. EbilcisorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Sage v. RudnickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Weeks v. BridgmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891