Village of Mankato v. Meagher
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Tbe plaintiff claims that a building, owned and occupied by defendant, stands on ground which has been dedicated to public use, as a public landing or levee, and brought this suit in the district court for Blue Earth county, to recover a penalty imposed by an ordinance of the village of Mankato, for neglecting to remove buildings from public grounds, after notice.
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Tbe plaintiff claims that a building, owned and occupied by defendant, stands on ground which has been dedicated to public use, as a public landing or levee, and brought this suit in the district court for Blue Earth county, to recover a penalty imposed by an ordinance of the village of Mankato, for neglecting to remove buildings from public grounds, after notice. The defendant claims to own the land on which the building stands, deriving his title through intermediate parties from Parnell & Stoltz, who received a deed therefor from the trustee under the town site act. If any fuller statement…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Ripley, Ch. J.
This action is brought to recover a penalty imposed by an ordinance of the village of Mankato, for neglecting, after notice, to remove buildings, &c., from public grounds.
The plaintiff in its complaint alleges that the defendant, on the 1st of March, 1864, entered a building theretofore erected on the levee in said village, of which plaintiff is seized in fee, and the same is used as a public landing, and has been dedicated to the public for that purpose by the original proprietors, and was so prior to such, entry, and that defendant has ever since occupied,…
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