Legal Opinion

Adams v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 15, 1888PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of tbe district court for Winona • county, refusing a new trial after a trial by Start, J., a jury being •waived.

1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.

Second street, in the city of Winona, is, and for ■ 30 years has been, a public street, 70 feet wide, running nearly east- .and west through the city. Plaintiff is the owner of and occupies as ! his residence a lot abutting on the south side of said street. The de- [■ •fendant, under authority of the common council, which authority the • city charter empowered the council to give, has constructed and • is operating the main line of its railroad, an ordinary commercial railroad, running to and through Winona, upon and along the north half ■ of Second street, passing in front of plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. Lahr v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
  4. Lexington & Ohio Rail Road v. ApplegateCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1839
  5. Haynes v. ThomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1855

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Campbell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. State Highway Commission v. BloomSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Burnquist v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  4. Moorhead Economic Development Authority v. AndaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  5. Donovan v. AllertNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1902

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