Wilson v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Wilkin, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $2,900 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtGtileillan, C. J.
Block 1, Hopkins’ addition to St. Paul, is bounded by Third, Fourth, Rosabel, and Broadway streets, and the surface of the entire block was, at the time of the acts complained of, several feet below the surface of the surrounding streets. The land was wet. On it were springs, the water from which seems, unless carried off by drains, to have spread over the surface of the block. The plaintiff was in possession, under a lease from .the owner, of the north half of lot 5, which extended from Rosabel street across the block to Broadway. On the west end of the half-lot he had a building fronting on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cook v. StearnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
- Foot v. New Haven & Northampton Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1854
- Carter v. HarlanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
- Seidensparger v. SpearSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1840
3Cited by8 opinions
- Munsch v. StelterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Minneapolis Western Ry. Co. v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- In re the Trustees of the Village of White PlainsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Spawn v. South Dakota Cent. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Bergerson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
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