Viebahn v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Crow Wing county by plaintiffs, owners of a line of steamboats operating upon a navigable river, to abate a public nuisance consisting of a closed bridge unlawfully erected by defendant across the stream. From an order, Spooner, J., sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Appeal from order sustaining defendant’s general demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint. The complaint alleges the following facts: Plaintiffs are copartners, doing business under the name of the Mississippi Transportation Company, and own and operate a line of steamboats plying between Grand Rapids and Brainerd on the Mississippi river, carrying for hire passengers and freight and towing other craft from point to point. That since 1900 their business as such has been extensive, remunerative, and prosperous. That they own and operate, in connection with their line of steamboats, warehouses at…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Brakken v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Aldrich v. WetmoreSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Farmers Co-Operative Manufacturing Co. v. Albemarle & Raleigh RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Blanchard v. . Western Union Tel. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Brown v. WatsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1859
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Hampton v. North Carolina Pulp Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Vanderburgh v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Sholin v. Skamania Boom Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
- Austin v. Village of Tonka BaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Robinson v. WestmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
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