St. Louis River Dalles Improvement Co. v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, The St. Louis River Dalles Improvement Company, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Kerr, J., made November 21, 1891, refusing a new trial. The plaintiff, a corporation, was organized in 1874 under the General Laws of this state.
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Appeal by plaintiff, The St. Louis River Dalles Improvement Company, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Kerr, J., made November 21, 1891, refusing a new trial. The plaintiff, a corporation, was organized in 1874 under the General Laws of this state. The purpose of its organization, as set forth in its articles of incorporation, was the building of slack-water navigation upon, and improving the navigability of, the St. Louis River between certain points on the stream, embracing some thirteen miles of its course, by blasting rocks, removing obstructions, and building dams and…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The statutory powers and duties of the plaintiff corporation are set forth in the opinion on the former appeal herein, 43 Minn. 131, (44 N. W. Rep. 1080,) reference to which is here made. The plaintiff alleges in the complaint that it made and perfected the improvements in the St. Louis river contemplated and required by the several acts of the legislature mentioned in the complaint, in order to facilitate the running of logs in that portion of the river designated by the legislature, and that it was therefore entitled to charge and collect the tolls authorized for all logs coming within the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chase v. DwinalSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1830
- St. Louis Dalles Improvement Co. v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Swift River & Black Brook Improvement Co. v. BrownSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1885
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- American Tobacco Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- New Jersey Highway Authority v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956
- New Jersey Highway Authority v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1956