Johnson v. Rouchleau-Ray Iron Land Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $4,000 damages for injury to real property. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $4,000 damages for injury to real property. The facts are stated in the opinion. The ease was tried before Cant, J., who denied defendants’ motions for directed verdicts, and a jury which returned a verdict for $400. The motion of Dean Iron Mining Company and that of Arthur Iron Mining Company for judgment notwithstanding the verdict were denied, Dancer, J. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
Action to recover damages for injury to real property. Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $400 against the defendants Arthur Mining Company and Dean Iron Mining Company. From a judgment entered thereon this appeal was taken.
The village of Spina is situated on the Mesaba Range, which is one of the principal iron mining districts of northern Minnesota. A large part of the iron mining in this region is done by the system known as *290open pit mining. This system necessitates a stripping of the earth and other material overlaying the ore and depositing the same in dump piles in convenient localities.…
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