TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 5 P16

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 5 P16 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 138 GRANT The war is over the REBELS ARE OUR COUNTRYMEN AGAIN. Ulysses S. Grant An 1873 Granger promotional poster printed in Cincinnati Ohio. The Granger Movement experienced rapid growth following the Panic of 1873 and peaked by 1875. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS grain elevators used for the storage of crops and railroads. These corporations charged high prices for the distribution and marketing of agricultural goods and the farmer had no recourse but to pay. By 1873 the movement was becoming political and the farmers formed an alliance promising to support only political candidates who shared the interests of farmers if that failed they vowed to form their own parties. Granger-supported candidates won political victories and as a result much legislation protective of their interests was passed. Their biggest gain occurred in 1876 when the . Supreme Court decreed in Munn v. Illinois 94 . 4 Otto. 113 24 L. Ed. 77 that states had the right to intervene in the regulation of public businesses. The law affected the prices of elevator charges grain storage and other services vital to the livelihood of the farmers. In addition to political involvement the Grangers established stores and cooperative elevators and employed the services of agents who secured special prices for the Grangers. These endeavors were not as successful as their previous undertakings and the attempt to manufacture farm machinery depleted the finances of the movement. As a result the Granger Movement began to wane in 1876. CROSS REFERENCE Agricultural Law. GRANT To confer give or bestow. A gift of legal rights or privileges or a recognition of asserted rights as in treaty. In the law of property the term grant can be used in a deed to convey land regardless of the number and types of rights conferred or the promises made by the transferor to the transferee. It is a comprehensive term that encompasses more specific words of transfer such as assign bargain and devise. A public land grant is a conveyance

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