Johnson v. Town of Chisago Lake
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Albin Johnson appealed to the district court for Chisago county from the order of the town board of defendant town refusing to lay out a roadway prayed for in his petition. The appeal was heard before Stolberg, J., and a jury who found in favor of appellant that the proposed road be laid out as prayed for in his petition. From an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Albin Johnson owns the southerly portion of section 20 — 3L-20, town of Chisago Lake, Chisago county. Berndt L. Hanson owns the adjoining land in the section to the .south. The east line of both is the east section line. Their buildings are about half a mile west of this section line. Johnson petitioned the town board under section 1373, E. L. 1905, as amended by chapter 217, p. 292, Laws 1911, to lay out a road two rods wide over the land of Hanson to connect with a public highway to the south. The town board denied this petition. Johnson appealed to the district court. The case was tried…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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