Thornton v. Webb
Supreme Court of Minnesota
A judgment in this action was rendered by the District Court for Hennepin county in favor- of the plaintiff, granting the .relief sought. The defendants appeal therefrom to this Court. A sufficient statement of the cáse appears in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Oowrt
Berry, J.—
I. —The relief sought in this action is the removal of a dám by which the plaintiff claims that his lands are unlawfully overflowed and damaged. The defendants insist that as the dam complained of was erected more than-two. years prior to the commencement of this action, the plaintiff is denied the rig'ht to recover damages by section 17, page 819, Public Statutes, which is substantially the same as section 17, page 211, General Statutes, which reads as follows: “No action for damages occasioned by the erection and maintenance of a mill dam shall be sustained unless such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Eastman v. St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
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