Northern States Power Co. v. Schulze

The only issue here presented is whether a notice of appeal to the district court from a commissioners’ award in a condemnation proceeding conferred jurisdiction where the owner was named in the notice but only her husband actually signed the notice. The trial court held the notice to be fatally defective, and we reverse.

The land in question was condemned by the petitioner, Northern States Power Company, for an easement and right-of-way. Dissatisfied with the commissioners’ awards, the owner of what was designated Parcel 8, Alexander Chvestuik, and the owner of Parcel 8A, Evelyn M. Chvestuik,…