Galbraith v. Yates
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to restrain defendants from obstructing a ditch, and to recover $150 damages for obstructing the same. The case was tried before Watts, J., who found that plaintiff was entitled to the relief demanded and to $50 damages. From a judgment entered pursuant to the findings, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought to restrain the defendants from obstructing a road ditch which runs along the north side of a town line highway between the towns of Andover and Hammond, in the county of Polk, at a point near the southeast corner of section 33 in the former town. The plaintiff’s land abuts the highway on its south side, and that of the defendants on its north side. The plaintiff’s land lies east of the point of obstruction, and that of the defendants to the west thereof. The plaintiff had judgment in the district court, from which the defendants appealed. The record in this court…
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