FARNSWORTH ET AL. v. MINN. & PAC. R.R. CO.


92 U.S. 49 (____)

FARNSWORTH ET AL., TRUSTEES, v. MINNESOTA AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry F. Masterson for the appellant.

Mr. H.R. Bigelow and Mr. William H. Scott for the appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after making the foregoing statement of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The act of Congress granting lands to the Territory of Minnesota imposed conditions upon their alienation, except as to the first one hundred and twenty sections, which the Territory could not disregard. It declared that the lands should be exclusively applied to the construction...

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