Carli v. Union Depot, Street Railway & Transfer Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after verdict in his favor of $1. The amendments of the complaint asked by plaintiff, and refused, were substantially as follows: (1) increasing the amount alleged to have been expended by plaintiff in making and maintaining the alley, from $2,000 to $3,000; (2) adding to an averment that, owing to defendant’s unlawful acts, the plaintiff was compelled…
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Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Washington county, Crosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after verdict in his favor of $1. The amendments of the complaint asked by plaintiff, and refused, were substantially as follows: (1) increasing the amount alleged to have been expended by plaintiff in making and maintaining the alley, from $2,000 to $3,000; (2) adding to an averment that, owing to defendant’s unlawful acts, the plaintiff was compelled to and did sell his property for $2,000 less than it was worth but for defendant’s acts, the following, “that the said…
1Opinion of the Court
Berry, J.1
The complaint alleges that plaintiff was owner of certain business lots in the city of Stillwater, across which ran a public alley, called Stimpson’s alley, affording valuable access to plaintiff’s said property; that plaintiff has expended large sums of money, to wit, more than $2,000, in making, grading, and maintaining said alley, for the purpose of securing an easy and feasible route to and from his. said Iocs; that on or about August, 1878, defendant wrongfully and unlawfully entered upon said alley, against plaintiff’s protest, and then and there, along the entire length…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brakken v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Morrison v. MendenhallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
- Karst v. St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Gill v. NewellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
- Boetchier v. StaplesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. GardnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Fort Scott, Wichita & Western Railway Co. v. TubbsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
- Hoffman v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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