Johnson v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the district court for Winona county, Start, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after a verdict assessing plaintiff’s damages at $2,900.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
This was a proceeding to ascertain the damages to respondent’s lot and the buildings thereon, in the city of Winona, by taking a part of the street in front of and belonging to the lot to lay appellant’s track along it. The jury had a view of the premises. Evidence was given, on both sides, of the value of the lot and of the buildings. Respondent offered evidence of the cost of the buildings, which was excluded. His counsel, in arguing the case to the jury, referred to the description of the buildings, and their view of them, and proceeded: “I ask you to say whether they could be put there…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Stevens v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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