Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad v. Greve
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company instituted proceedings under its charter to condemn certain lands for tbe use of -its road, among others, lands owned by Mary G-reve. She appealed from the award of the commissioners to the court of common pleas Ramsey county. Upon a trial before a jury they assessed her damages at a sum largely in excess of the previous award. The company appeals to this court from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
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The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company instituted proceedings under its charter to condemn certain lands for tbe use of -its road, among others, lands owned by Mary G-reve. She appealed from the award of the commissioners to the court of common pleas Ramsey county. Upon a trial before a jury they assessed her damages at a sum largely in excess of the previous award. The company appeals to this court from an order denying its motion for a new trial. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Cou .
aiPLEV, Ch. J.
Upon proceedings taken oy *325the company to condemn three irregularly shaped pieces of land, described by metes and bounds, and referred to and designated in its petition as tracts A, D, and I, upon an annexed plan, the commissioners awarded as damages for the first tract $400, for the second $200, for the third $500.
The respondent appealed, and upon a trial of the appeal, the jury returned a verdict awarding her the gross sum of $10,000.
The company appeals to this court from the order of the court below denying its motion for a new trial, made upon the following…
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