Nelson v. County Board

The board of county commissioners of Nicollet county altered a county road therein where it crosses appellants’ farm. They appealed to the district court, but the action of the board was in all things affirmed, except that, by the verdict of the jury, the damages awarded them were reduced from $55.55 to nothing. They now appeal from the order denying a new trial.

The first contention is that this was a petition for a new road, and, since that was to be laid wholly within one town, the county board had no jurisdiction and the court should have dismissed the proceeding on appellants’ motion. It…