Karst v. St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Washington county, Grosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. A former appeal in the action is reported, 22 Minn. 118.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Plaintiff ivas owner of a piece of land in the city of Stillwater, with the dwelling-house thereon. Defendant, having been authorized by the city to excavate a public street, running in front of plaintiff’s premises, so as to bring it to the established grade, exceeded its authority, aud excavated the same so as to bring it to a grade three and twenty-three one-hundredths feet below the established grade. The plaintiff claimed that, in consequence of the *402unauthorized excavation, his premises were rendered inaccessible, and greatly damaged. The only question submitted to the jury was as to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Karst v. St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Hunt v. RichSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1854
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