Forster v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
William Forster, and others, residents and legal voters -of Winona and Houston counties, having petitioned that a public road be laid out on a designated line running through said counties, the district court for Winona county granted the petition and appointed commissioners to locate the road and assess the damages and benefits. To the report of the commissioners, Lewis Lilly, whose land was affected by the road, filed objections.
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William Forster, and others, residents and legal voters -of Winona and Houston counties, having petitioned that a public road be laid out on a designated line running through said counties, the district court for Winona county granted the petition and appointed commissioners to locate the road and assess the damages and benefits. To the report of the commissioners, Lewis Lilly, whose land was affected by the road, filed objections. From an order of the district court for Winona county, Snow, J., confirming the report of the commissioners; from a judgment of the district court for Houston…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
A petition was prepared and signed by legal voters of the counties of Winona, in the Third, and Houston, in the Tenth, judicial districts, praying that a public road be laid through certain portions of those counties. This petition was dated November 16, 1897, and on January 10, 1898, it was presented to the judge of *310the Third judicial district, who that day appointed three commissioners, as provided by G. S. 1894, § 1883. On April 27, 1898, the commissioners presented their report to that court; and on May 2, 1898, the judge thereof ordered a hearing for May 21, 1898, when appellant, who was…
2Cited by3 opinions
- In re Alteration of Highway in Counties of Fillmore & HoustonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- State Ex Rel. City of Virginia v. County Board of St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Magill v. FrenchOregon Supreme Court · 1915