Legal Opinion

Lamm v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 17, 1890PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Blue Earth county, Severance, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $216 for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The main facts in this case are the same as in Adams v. Chicago, B. & N. R. Co., 39 Minn. 286, (39 N. W. Rep. 629,) upon the doctrine of which case plaintiff bases his right of recovery. Fourth street in the city of Mankato is, and ever since prior to 1868 has been, as, plaintiff claims, a public street 80 feet wide, running northerly and southerly through the city. The plaintiff is, and for more than six years before the commencement of this action had been, the owner and in possession of two contiguous lots (7 and 8 in block 40) in the city of Mankato, and abutting on the westerly side of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Lahr v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
  3. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. LoebIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Adams v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
  5. Brakken v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Vanderburgh v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  2. City of Crookston v. EricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
  3. Muehring v. School District No. 31Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  4. Sheafer v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Foster Lumber Co. v. Arkansas Valley & W. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908

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