Johnson v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $3,200 for damage to crops earned by the overflow of water upon the land of plaintiff and others. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $327. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the flooding of lands occupied by the plaintiff and others; the plaintiff alleging he held assignments of the claims of the other landowners. The jury found for plaintiff in the sum of $327. The lands overflowed are similarly located as were those involved in the action of Block v. Great Northern Ry. Co., which was twice in this court. Block v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 101 Minn. 183, 112 N. W. 66; 106 Minn. 285, 118 N. W. 1019.
The opinions written in the Block case, above cited, show that, after the construction of defendant’s railway, a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Block v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Block v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lieberknecht v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911