Legal Opinion
Desforge v. City of West St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 11, 1950No. 35,120PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas Gallagher, Justice.
Action against the city of West St. Paul and Ernest Markham, a contractor engaged by it to improve certain highways therein, for the recovery of treble damages for defendants’ wrongful removal of a certain quantity of dirt, sand, and gravel from plaintiff’s property.
Prior to June 15, 1948, the city of West St. Paul entered into a contract with defendant Markham for the construction and improvement of certain streets in the city. Included therein was a project for the grading of Manomin avenue and Orme street. Under the terms of the contract, the city was to provide…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wilson v. City of WheelingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
- Ohrmann v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- City of Chicago v. LanglassIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Hammer v. FordeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Bennett v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Chappell v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- City of Minneapolis v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Young v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
- Fisher v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1965
- Brown v. Village of DemingNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1952
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