State v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Case certified from the district court for Faribault county, Severance, J., presiding, where the defendant was tried and convicted on an indictment for building and maintaining a fence across a highway in the town of Brush Creek, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $15.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The question certified by the trial judge for our decision is whether the order laying out a certain highway was void because the road as laid out did not conform to the description contained in the petition. The petition was for a road commencing at a section corner, and running thence on the section line one mile to another section corner. The road, as laid, began and ended at the termini named in the petition, and ran the same general course, being for most of the way laid on the section line; but at one place, for a distance of some 25 rods, it deflected from that line about 4 rods, in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Neis v. FranzenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1864
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lager v. County of SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Johnson v. Town of Chisago LakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Skrove v. Town BoardsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Dahlin v. Town Board of EddySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Town of Great Scott v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.