MINERS' BANK v. STATE OF IOWA


53 U.S. 1 (1851)

12 How. 1

THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, AND COMPANY OF THE MINERS' BANK OF DUBUQUE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF IOWA, ON THE RELATION OF THE DISTRICT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Lawrence, for the plaintiff in error.


Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court.

By a statute approved on the 20th of April, 1836, Congress, within the boundaries designated by that statute, established the territorial government of Wisconsin, (vid. 5 Stat. at Large, 10 to 16); and by a subsequent law, approved June the 12th, 1838, Congress divided the Territory of Wisconsin, and established over what had formed a portion of that territory, the territorial...

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