Williamson v. Cain

Richard Cain and Rene Riendeau (hereafter defendants), who are state employees, appeal from a judgment holding them liable in damages for injury to plaintiffs' property. We affirm.

This action arose out of a state government program to dismantle and remove abandoned houses on Minnesota’s Iron Range. Defendants were employees of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission, the state agency which, through a special division, conducted the removal program. Plaintiffs are landowners on the Iron Range.

On May 7,1974, defendants undertook the removal of a house owned by Harry and! Freda…