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Kelly v. Minneapolis City

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 15, 1894No. 8829PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal by plaintiffs, Anthony Kelly, Joel B. Bassett, John C. Reno, William H. Holt and Martin Bueriening, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Charles B. Elliott, J., made March 17, 1894, denying their motion for a new trial.

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Appeal by plaintiffs, Anthony Kelly, Joel B. Bassett, John C. Reno, William H. Holt and Martin Bueriening, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Charles B. Elliott, J., made March 17, 1894, denying their motion for a new trial. Action to restrain the defendants, the City of Minneapolis and Charles F. Haney, City Clerk, from proceeding with an assessment upon plaintiffs’ property to pay damages awarded to certain other parties for change in the grade of Fifth street north in that city. After trial the court made findings and ordered judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs moved…

1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.

This is an appeal from an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial in an action brought to enjoin the city of Minneapolis from assessing and collecting a special assessment of taxes on the property of the plaintiffs for benefits to their property in changing the grade of Fifth street north in said city, where it approaches and crosses over the tracks of the Great Northern Rail*296way Company (formerly St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company) and the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company. This street was laid out as a public street before these railway companies acquired their…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Willis v. MabonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  2. State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  3. Rogers v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1876
  4. State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
  5. State ex rel. Burger v. District Court of Ramsey CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ross v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Adelman v. OnischukSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  3. McMillan v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
  4. State ex rel. Brown v. Board of Public WorksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  5. Wall v. BorgenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922

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