Casey v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Anoka county to recover $1,500 damages on account of injury to plaintiff’s land. The case was tried before Giddings, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $100 for injury for washing away the bank of his farm, and $450 for loss of the use of the land. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Start, O. J.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court of the county of Anoka denying the defendant’s alternative motion for judgment or for a new trial. The complaint alleged two causes of action. The first one was for the recovery of damages for permanent injuries to the farm of the plaintiff by the washing away of two acres thereof by reason of the alleged negligent acts of the defendant. The second one was for the recovery of damages for the loss of the use of forty acres of the farm during the year 1907, by reason of such acts of the defendant. There was a verdict for the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Weaver v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Peterson v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Hueston v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Bowers v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- McKenzie v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
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- Kaehler v. KaehlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- Service & Security, Inc. v. St. Paul Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Zimmerman v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Torgerson v. Crookston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913