Obst v. Covell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for Ramsey county by St. Paul Terminal & Transfer Company to condemn a right of way over certain land, the commissioners ascertained the damages and awarded the same to the owners and certain holders of tax certificates in proportion to their respective interests.
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In proceedings in the district court for Ramsey county by St. Paul Terminal & Transfer Company to condemn a right of way over certain land, the commissioners ascertained the damages and awarded the same to the owners and certain holders of tax certificates in proportion to their respective interests. Thereafter plaintiff, Frank J. Obst, filed a complaint in said proceedings alleging that since the filing of the award he had acquired the senior tax lien and had perfected title thereunder to the exclusion of the other claimants, and praying that the entire award be paid to him. Issue was joined…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Proceedings were duly commenced, under the general statutes, by the St. Paul Terminal & Transfer Company, a corporation created under the laws of this state, to acquire the right of way across certain property in West St. Paul, Ramsey county. Commissioners were appointed to assess damages to the owners of the property sought to be condemned and taken, who reported, as to the land involved in this appeal, that the entire damages thereto were the sum of $255, which they apportioned among various claimants as follows:
To the state of Minnesota, tax liens................$ 24 53
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