Reed v. Board of Park Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an award of damages in condemnation proceedings by defendant board for the taking of certain land, plaintiff appealed to the district court for Winona county. The matter was tried before Snow, J., and a jury, which awarded her $300. From an order denying a motion-for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The park board of the city of Winona commenced proceedings to condemn a strip of land on the shore of Lake Winona for the purpose of making it a part of the city park system. The landowner appealed from an award of damages in her favor, and the jury awarded her $300 for the land already taken, and. found that the remainder of the tract of land was not damaged. The appeal is from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The assignments of error question the correctness of instructions given and requests denied.
1. The appellant is the owner of about one hundred forty acres of land lying east…
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