Scranton v. Minneapolis City
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Mary Scranton, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Robert D. Russell, J., made Feb. 17, 1.894, denying her motion for a new trial. Louis F. Menage owned Government Lot one (1) in section eight (8) T. 28, R. 24 on the west bank of lake Harriet in Minneapolis.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Mary Scranton, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Robert D. Russell, J., made Feb. 17, 1.894, denying her motion for a new trial. Louis F. Menage owned Government Lot one (1) in section eight (8) T. 28, R. 24 on the west bank of lake Harriet in Minneapolis. On March 19, 1883, he employed S. H. Baker, a surveyor, and had him make a platting of this land into lots, avenues and park, and called it Remington Park Second Division, but the plat was never recorded. On December 17, 1883, he deeded to Jessie I. Hammond a piece of the land, correctly describing…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
In this action is involved the right of defendant city to maintain a parkway along the shore of Lake Harriet, in front of plaintiff’s premises, and, as an incident, to maintain a fence between a traveled wagon road and the parkway proper. Both parties claim title to the tract of land between plaintiff’s property and the lake, about one hundred feet wide, from a common source one Menage, who owned the same, part of a much larger tract, in 1883. This larger tract, a government lot, he had previously caused to be platted, subdivided, and named “Remington Park.” The plat was never recorded, but…
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