Hopkins v. Dahl

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Action to enjoin defendant from trespassing on a portion of plaintiff’s land (1.1 acres) which was claimed by defendant to be a highway, and to recover damages for trespasses thereon since 1924. The township of Burnsville, in which plaintiff’s land (54 acres acquired by him on December 16, 1916) is situate, intervened and in its complaint alleged that the strip of land involved had been established and maintained as a public road by common law dedication and statutory user. It also asked that plaintiff be permanently enjoined…