State v. Anderson

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate a judgment mandamusing the state to condemn certain lands. 2

In 1935 the state commenced condemnation proceedings to acquire by the power of eminent domain certain lands in Chippewa county for the purpose of creating and perpetually maintaining a reservoir for the storage and maintenance of an adequate supply of water in Lac qni Parle Lake and for the purpose of the regulation and control of floods. By the spring of 1937 the state had acquired title to the lands involved in its original proceedings and the building of dikes, dams,…