Pestka v. County of Blue Earth

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

This is the second appeal to this court arising from the petition for a drainage improvement to County Ditch # 86, Branch 1, in Blue Earth County. On appeal from summary judgment, appellants argue that the district court (a) erred in ruling that Minn.Stat. § 103E.5I1 (2002) gives the drainage authority the ability to approve a corrected report of the viewers; (b) should have ruled that Minn.Stat. §§ 103E.341 and 103E.505 (2002) preclude the drainage authority from awarding a contract for a drainage project unless it is known that the project’s benefits exceed its cost;…