St. Paul Union Depot Co. v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The city of St. Paul having instituted proceedings for the opening of a street through a portion of plaintiff’s land, used by it for depot purposes, plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, to restrain defendant from further proceeding in the matter.
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The city of St. Paul having instituted proceedings for the opening of a street through a portion of plaintiff’s land, used by it for depot purposes, plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, to restrain defendant from further proceeding in the matter. The action was tried by the court, Brill, J., presiding, and judgment was ordered in plaintiff’s favor as to one piece of land sought to be condemned by defendant, on which was situated plaintiff’s engine-house and heating apparatus, and refused as to the rest of the land sought to be condemned. From this judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Yanderbuegh, J.*
The plaintiff corporation'was authorized by its charter to acquire, by purchase or condemnation proceedings, such real estate as should be convenient and'necessary for the location and construction of depot buildings and appurtenances, and the construction and operation of transfer tracks, so as to unite in one gen*361eral union depot, owned and managed by the plaintiff, the several lines of railroad centering in the city of St. Paul. In constructing its depot building upon lands purchased for such purpose, it left an open space 31 feet in width along the north side, which is…
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