Coleman v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Anoka county, to recover possession of a strip of land 100 feet in width across section 36, township 31, range-24, in that county, with the value of-its use and occupation by the defendant, and the damage occasioned to the land by the construction and maintenance of defendant’s railway upon it.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Anoka county, to recover possession of a strip of land 100 feet in width across section 36, township 31, range-24, in that county, with the value of-its use and occupation by the defendant, and the damage occasioned to the land by the construction and maintenance of defendant’s railway upon it. The answer admitted defendant’s possession of the whole strip, denied plaintiff’s title, and his averments of value and damage, and alleged title in itself as the owner of all the property, franchises, etc., formerly and successively belonging to…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
There was no general verdict in this ease, but a special verdict, embracing 'findings upon some, but not all, the issues. There is no special finding upon the issue raised by-the reply upon the allegations in the answer in respect to the corporate and charter rights derived by defendant from the several legislative acts specified in the answer, under which it claims to be the successor of the Minnesota & Pacific Railroad Company. This- issue was therefore undisposed of at the trial. It is doubtful if defendant’s corporate existence and succession to the last-named company’s rights were…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Frisbie v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- The State of Minnesota v. BachelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
- Pint v. BauerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Simonson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- Coleman v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Cameron v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Peterson v. BakerWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. KargesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1909
- Eklund v. MartinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Radke v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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