State ex rel. Hahn v. Young
Supreme Court of Minnesota
By an act approved March 3, 1857, (11 U. S. St, at Large, 195,) congress granted to the then territory of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of six lines of railroad on routes designated in the act, six sections of land per mile, in alternate sections, along the lines of such roads as they should thereafter be located. By an act approved May 23, 1857, (Laws 1857, Ex.
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By an act approved March 3, 1857, (11 U. S. St, at Large, 195,) congress granted to the then territory of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of six lines of railroad on routes designated in the act, six sections of land per mile, in alternate sections, along the lines of such roads as they should thereafter be located. By an act approved May 23, 1857, (Laws 1857, Ex. Sess. c. 1,) the territory bestowed these grants on the Southern Minnesota Railroad Co., the Transit Railroad Co., the Minneapolis & Cedar Valley Railroad Co., and the-Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Co. By act of congress of…
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
April 15, 1858, the people of Minnesota adopted an amendment to the constitution, providing for the loan to certain railroad companies of bonds of the state, to be denominated “Minnesota State Railroad Bonds,” to the amount of $5,000,000. They were to be payable to the order of the company to whom issued, transferable by the indorsement of the president of the company, and redeemable at any time after ten and before the expiration of twenty-five years from the date thereof, and were to bear interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum. The faith and credit of the state were, in express…
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