Ehmen v. City of Gothenburg
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Wm. II. Aiunger, Judge. Action by Tjede Ehmen against the City of Gothenburg, Neb. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by Tjede Ehmen against the city of Gothenburg, Neb., to recover possession of a block of ground"" within the municipal limits. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff prosecuted this writ of error.
Some years before the action was brought plaintiff’s father, who owned a tract of land containing about 80 acres, platted it into blocks and lots and called it “Ehmen’s Subdivision.” Near the middle of the platted laud was block numbered 11, surrounded by streets, but not cut by an alley, nor, like the other blocks, divided into…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- De Vaughn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Morley v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Clarke v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Ehmen v. Village of GothenburgNebraska Supreme Court · 1897