Wallenberg v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county against tbe city ■of Minneapolis, Andrew Einker, Ellis E. Dutton and Fred Bobmbach, to recover $2,000 damages for grading and lowering Melbourne avenue, a public street, in front of plaintiff’s land.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county against tbe city ■of Minneapolis, Andrew Einker, Ellis E. Dutton and Fred Bobmbach, to recover $2,000 damages for grading and lowering Melbourne avenue, a public street, in front of plaintiff’s land. The amended complaint alleged that plaintiff became the owner of the property in the year 1890 and thereupon erected a dwelling house thereon for the use of himself and family with reference to the street as established; that at that time Melbourne avenue was a public street, the dedication of which had been duly accepted by the city, the same had…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Plaintiff, as the owner of improved property fronting on Melbourne avenue, Minneapolis, brought this action to recover damages for grading and lowering the street in front of his premises. The city engineer, his assistant, and the street commissioner were joined with the municipality as defendants. The engineering department of Minneapolis long ago fixed a basic elevation from Avhich to establish street grades, and in 1884 a plat of Melbourne avenue Avas filed in the department, showing the relation which the natural surface of the street bore to this base. Some time prior to 1890, when…
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