Nelson v. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Anoka county to recover $1,600 for injuries to plaintiff’s land. . The case was tried before Giddings, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $950. Defendant appealed from that part of an order which denied its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and plaintiff from that part which granted a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Plaintiff is the owner of certain land situated in Anoka county, bordering on the Mississippi river, and occupied by her and her husband as a dairy farm. Since 1896, defendant has maintained in the river below plaintiff’s premises a structure known as a “sorting gap,” used for the purpose of holding logs floating down the river until they can be sorted and distributed to their respective owners. It also constructed and maintained in the river, adjacent to plaintiff’s premises, certain booms and piers used in connection with the sorting gap below. Prior to June, 1902, it is claimed by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wood v. CullenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
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