Fohl v. Common Council of Village of Sleepy Eye Lake
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Petition by Michael Fohl and others to the village council of the village of Sleepy Eye Lake to open and extend a street. The prayer of the petitioners having been denied by the village council, they appealed to the district court for Brown county. The appeal was heard before Webber, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict that the order appealed from be reversed and the street be laid out and opened.
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Petition by Michael Fohl and others to the village council of the village of Sleepy Eye Lake to open and extend a street. The prayer of the petitioners having been denied by the village council, they appealed to the district court for Brown county. The appeal was heard before Webber, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict that the order appealed from be reversed and the street be laid out and opened. From an order granting a motion for judgment in favor of respondent notwithstanding the verdict, and determining that the proposed street be not laid out and opened, the petitioners appealed to…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On August 4, 1898, a petition signed by the requisite number of freeholders was presented to the common council of the village of Sleepy Eye Lake, praying that body to open and extend Fourth street of said village across the right of way of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company. The railroad extends through said village in an easterly and westerly direction. Fourth street is opened, laid out, and in use on both sides of the railroad right of way, and the prayer of the petition is to open and extend the same across such right of way. Proceedings were thereafter duly had by and before said…
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