Boye v. City of Albert Lea
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Freeborn county, Kingsley, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a trial and verdict in favor of defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
START, C. J.2
This action was brought in the district court of the county of Freeborn to recover permanent damages for the flowage of the land of the plaintiff by reason of the maintenance of a dam by the defendant at the outlet of Fountain Fake, an artificial body of water in the city of Albert Fea. The answer admits that the defendant maintains the dam, and alleges that its maintenance is demanded both by public interests and its own necessities, and that all lands, whether belonging to the plaintiff or others, .flowed or damaged by the waters of the lake, were long ago dedicated to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of St. Paul v. ColterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
- Morse v. ZeizeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Bolles v. CarliSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
- Ellsworth v. LordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
3Cited by3 opinions
- Allen v. Village of SavageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- Dickinson v. RubleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- State v. FischerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955