State v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for Freeborn county to enforce taxes and penalties remaining delinquent on real property on the first Monday in January, 1916, defendant railway company interposed an answer setting up that in proceedings to establish County Ditch No. 25 the board of viewers made its report-in writing estimating the benefits to the several parcels of real estate described, and belonging to defendant, from the construction of the ditch in the full sum of…
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In proceedings in the district court for Freeborn county to enforce taxes and penalties remaining delinquent on real property on the first Monday in January, 1916, defendant railway company interposed an answer setting up that in proceedings to establish County Ditch No. 25 the board of viewers made its report-in writing estimating the benefits to the several parcels of real estate described, and belonging to defendant, from the construction of the ditch in the full sum of $1,400, and the county auditor prepared a statement showing the aggregate amount of the assessment to be $588; that…
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
I. A county ditch was established in Freeborn county in the vicinity of “Railroad Addition” to the city of Albert Lea. The viewers estimated “the benefits arising * * * to all * * * railroads, the roadbed or traveled track of which will be made better by the construction of said ditch” and reported said “benefits, names of roads and amount of benefits to each” in a tabulated statement attached. Defendant owns 17 lots and 7 parts of lots in Railroad Addition. The viewers found that substantially this whole tract was benefited and the whole tract was assessed as a unit. The amount of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- County of Chicago v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- State ex rel. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Patterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- State v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
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- City of St. Paul v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919