Sonnek v. Town of Minnesota Lake
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants, the Town of Minnesota Lake, and Albert Troska, from a judgment of the District Court of Faribault County, Severance, L, entered December 24, 1891. The plaintiff was the owner of the northwest quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, of section 16, T. 104, E. 25, in Faribault County. On May 9, 1885, the defendant, the Town of Minnesota Lake, attempted to lay out a highway across this land and other land in the town.
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Appeal by defendants, the Town of Minnesota Lake, and Albert Troska, from a judgment of the District Court of Faribault County, Severance, L, entered December 24, 1891. The plaintiff was the owner of the northwest quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, of section 16, T. 104, E. 25, in Faribault County. On May 9, 1885, the defendant, the Town of Minnesota Lake, attempted to lay out a highway across this land and other land in the town. An order was made establishing and laying out this road, describing the location of the highway over the land of plaintiff, and to a…
1Opinion of the CourtDicKInson, J.
We are to consider whether the facts found by the •district court show the legal establishing ©f a highway across the plaintiff’s land. The validity and effect of an order' of the town supervisors, by which the road is claimed to have been established, is particularly to be considered. This order was made in the year 1885, in proceedings instituted by petition for the laying out of a road which, as proposed, was to extend a distance of some three miles and a half or more. The order definitely described the location of the road from the place of beginning for the distance of more than a mile,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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