Helppie v. Northwestern Drainage Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Marshall county to recover $6,000 under R. L. 1905, §§ 4149, 4268, being treble the value of the property destroyed. The case was tried before Grindeland, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $500. Erom an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Plaintiff sued defendant, a corporation, for wilful trespass in eut-*361ting down a poplar grove on bis land. The court instructed tbe jury to allow treble damages. The appeal is from the order denying defendant a new trial.
The defendant was operating a walking-dredge, in public drainage work, along the boundary of plaintiff’s land in Marshall county, this state. The work was in charge of its foreman, Hans Lundstrom. The land in that vicinity was low and soft so that the dredge could not be moved.as occasion required, without laying poles or small timber on the ground to give it footing. Upon…
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- Berg v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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