State ex rel. City of St. Paul v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of tbe board of public works of the city of St. Paul confirming the condemnation of land belonging to Oakland Cemetery Association for an extension of Cook street in that city, the association appealed to the district court for Ramsey county. The appeal was heard by Kelly, J., who made findings and set aside the condemnation proceedings.
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From an order of tbe board of public works of the city of St. Paul confirming the condemnation of land belonging to Oakland Cemetery Association for an extension of Cook street in that city, the association appealed to the district court for Ramsey county. The appeal was heard by Kelly, J., who made findings and set aside the condemnation proceedings. Thereupon the city of St. Paul obtained from this court a writ of certiorari directed to the district court for Ramsey county and Hon. William Louis Kelly.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
In 1908 the city of St. Paul, acting under its charter, initiated assessment and condemnation proceedings for the “opening, widening, and extending of Cook street, from Cortland street to a point *289one hundred twenty (120) feet west of the west line of Abell street, in said city.” The property condemned was a strip of land forty-four feet wide extending east and west across a tract of land belonging to the Oakland Cemetery, Association. The cemetery association appeared and opposed the opening, but the board of public works of St. Paul made an order opening the street. The cemetery association…
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