Legal Opinion
In Re Condemnation by Dairyland Power Cooperative
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 1, 1957No. 36,978PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, Judge.
This case comes to us on certiorari from an order of the District Court of Olmsted County granting petitions for condemnation in 13 actions relating to separate tracts of land, which actions were consolidated for trial. The petitioner seeks to exercise the right of eminent domain to provide right-of-way to construct electric transmission lines. The relators, who are the objecting property owners, contend that the proposed taking is not necessary and further that it is not for a public use as required by U. S. Const. Amend. XIY, as well as Minn. Const, art. 1, § 13. They further…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Minnesota Canal & Power Co. v. Koochiching Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- State ex rel. Twin City Building & Investment Co. v. HoughtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Garkane Power Co., Inc. v. Public Service Comm.Utah Supreme Court · 1940
- Stewart v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Bookhart v. Central Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1951
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3Cited by25 opinions
- HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF ST. PAUL v. GreenmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Vermont Department of Public Service v. Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- County of Blue Earth v. StauffenbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- McCrady v. Western Farmers Electric CooperativeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Howard Electric Cooperative v. RineySupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
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