Vanderburgh v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county against City of Minneapolis and Chicago Great Western Railway Co., to recover $20,000 for damages to plaintiff’s land occasioned by the vacation of • certain streets 'by the defendant city. The following diagram shows 'the location of the premises. From an order, Simpson, J., sustaining separate demurrers to the complaint interposed by defendants, plaintiff appealed.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county against City of Minneapolis and Chicago Great Western Railway Co., to recover $20,000 for damages to plaintiff’s land occasioned by the vacation of • certain streets 'by the defendant city. The following diagram shows 'the location of the premises. From an order, Simpson, J., sustaining separate demurrers to the complaint interposed by defendants, plaintiff appealed. A right of way appurtenant to a lot is property and any injury to 'it is injury to property. Whatever interferes with a street and permanently diminishes the value is as much a…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover damages alleged to have been occasioned to plaintiff’s property by the vacation of certain streets in the city of Minneapolis. The court below sustained a general demurrer to the complaint, and plaintiff appealed..The facts, briefly stated, as disclosed by the complaint, are as follows : Plaintiff is, and for a number of years has been, the owner of lots 6, 7, and 8, block 115, city of Minneapolis, fronting one hundred ninety eight feet on First street and one hundred sixty five feet on Thirteenth Avenue South. Lots 6, 7, and 8 front on First street, and Thirteenth avenue…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- City of Indianapolis v. KingsburyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- City of Denver v. BayerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- Adams v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- In re Melon StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. EberleIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
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- In re HullSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
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