Betcher v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Goodhue countj to recover possession of certain land and for $1,080 damages for withholding possession thereof.
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Action in tbe district court for Goodhue countj to recover possession of certain land and for $1,080 damages for withholding possession thereof. The answer denied plaintiff’s title, admitted that defendant was in possession of the premises with the acquiescence of the owner, that no compensation had been made to plaintiff, and alleged that, if plaintiff’s right to recover the land be established, defendant was ready to have the amount of such compensation assessed by the jury trying the case. The case was tried before Crosby,
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This action was brought in the district court of the county of Goodhue to recover possession of the premises described in the complaint herein, being a tract of land lying between the northerly line of lots 6 and 11, block 41, of the original plat of the town (now city) of Red Wing and the Mississippi river. This tract was, as the plaintiff claims, a part of Levee street, as originally laid out; but, as the defendant claims, it was a part of a public levee or steamboat landing of the city The complaint alleged that the plaintiff is the owner of and entitled to the possession of the tract, but…
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- Severy v. Central Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1875
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