Town of Kinghurst v. International Lumber Co.

Defendants appealed from an order sustaining' a demurrer to their answers.

■ Defendant corporation owns timber in northern Minnesota, including some in plaintiff townships. For years it has been engaged in cutting and hauling its timber. It owns and uses in its business a private logging railroad which extends from International Falls, where it manufactures forest products, to about 100 miles into the forest. Such railroad has always crossed highways. Meeting-opposition in plaintiff townships, the company made application to the board of county commissioners for a permit pursuant to L. 1927,…