Legal Opinion

Red River & Lake of the Woods Railroad v. Sture

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 16, 1884PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Condemnation Proceeding. Appeal by the railroad comiiany from a judgment of the district court for Polk county, Stearns, J., presiding:

1Opinion of the Court

Mitchell, J.1

This railroad company was organized in April, 1882, as a corporation, under the provisions of Gen. St. 1878, c. 34, title 1. In June of the same year, upon its petition, commissioners were appointed to assess damages and fix the compensation to be paid to the persons therein named, including Sture, through whose lands its road was located. These commissioners having made and filed their report, Sture appealed from their award of damages to him as owner or occupant of 160 acres, a part of which was proposed to-be taken for right of way. On the trial Sture testified (and this was…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Frisbie v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Hutchings v. LowSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  4. Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. GordonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Hamerly v. DentonAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Lovelace v. HightowerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Larsen v. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Enoch v. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Guerra v. PackardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1965

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