WINONA & ST. PETER LAND CO. v. MINNESOTA

No. 31.

159 U.S. 526 (1895)

WINONA AND ST. PETER LAND COMPANY v. MINNESOTA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 11, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Tawney for plaintiff in error.

Mr. H.W. Childs, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, for defendant in error. Mr. George B. Edgerton was on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Two questions are presented: First, has the State of Minnesota, in disregard of section 10 of article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, passed any law impairing the obligation of contracts; and, second, were the tax proceedings in violation of that clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits a State from depriving any person of property without due process of law?

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