Ryan v. County of Dakota
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff, on March 16,1881, presented to the board of county commissioners of Dakota county his petition for compensation for damages sustained through the negligence of one Kranz, register of deeds of the county, in furnishing an erroneous abstract of title, in 1872, to lots 4 and 5, block 63, in West St. Paul, then in Dakota county. This action of plaintiff was pursuant to Sp.
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Plaintiff, on March 16,1881, presented to the board of county commissioners of Dakota county his petition for compensation for damages sustained through the negligence of one Kranz, register of deeds of the county, in furnishing an erroneous abstract of title, in 1872, to lots 4 and 5, block 63, in West St. Paul, then in Dakota county. This action of plaintiff was pursuant to Sp. Laws 1881, c. 216, entitled “An act authorizing and empowering the county commissioners of Dakota county to adjust the claim of Timothy Ryan,” approved March 7, 1881, and quoted in the opinion. On March 17,1881, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Gilfillan, C. J.1
Plaintiff presented a claim to the county commissioners of Dakota county, and, March 22, 1883, the board allowed *139$250 of the amount claimed. From this allowance the county appealed to the district court, which disallowed the claim in toto. From the judgment of the district court the plaintiff appeals to this court.
It appears by the record that the same claim was presented to the board, March, 1881, and the board then passed this resolution: “Resolved, that the claim of Timothy Ryan, in relation to lots 4 and 5, block 63, West St. Paul, be and is hereby rejected.”
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