Shea v. Cloquet Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $25,215-for malicious prosecution. The case was tried before Ensign, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $4,000. From an order denying a motion for a new trial provided plaintiff should consent to a reduction of the verdict to $3,825, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to recover damages for malicious prosecution, in which plaintiff had a verdict for $4,000, and defendants appealed from an order denying their motion for a new trial.
The facts are as follows: In the survey of the public land in township 57, range 17, county of St. Louis, the surveyors attempted to run a meander line around a certain lake; but the line so run was at such a distance from the lake that this court held in Security L. & Exp. Co. v. Burns, 87 Minn. 97, 91 N. W. 304, that the survey was a fraud, and that the owners of lots abutting on the meander line so run did not,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moore v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Gilbertson v. FullerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Sandell v. ShermanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Security Land & Exploration Co. v. BurnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Peterson v. TonerMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
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- Barrow v. Weddle Brothers ConstructionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
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