Legal Opinion

Boutelle v. Minneapolis City

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 28, 1894No. 8841PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by defendant, the City of Minneapolis, from an order of the Municipal Court of that City, Stephen Mahoney, J., made March 20, 1894, denying its motion for a new trial. Fred H. Boardman owned lots one (1) .and two (2) in Central Park Addition to- Minneapolis, fronting on Hennepin avenue. On May 14, 1889, he and wife mortgaged them to Sarah I. Hawley to secure his notes held by her for. $8,500 due three years from that date with interest.

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Appeal by defendant, the City of Minneapolis, from an order of the Municipal Court of that City, Stephen Mahoney, J., made March 20, 1894, denying its motion for a new trial. Fred H. Boardman owned lots one (1) .and two (2) in Central Park Addition to- Minneapolis, fronting on Hennepin avenue. On May 14, 1889, he and wife mortgaged them to Sarah I. Hawley to secure his notes held by her for. $8,500 due three years from that date with interest. The city authorities commenced proceedings-May 27, 1891, to widen Hennepin avenue and on June 26, 1891r condemned and took for that purpose three feet…

1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.

Although counsel have made much of this appeal in briefs and by oral argument, a statement of the undisputed controlling, facts will show it to be an exceedingly simple case. May 11,1889, Fred. H. Boardman, owner of two lots in the city of Minneapolis, mortgaged them to one Sarah I. Hawley. Later the city authorities duly initiated and carried on proceedings in the manner prescribed by the charter to widen the street on which these lots abutted, a strip along their front three feet wide being required. June 26, 1891, the commissioners duly appointed to appraise the damages for such taking…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. SalingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Eyre v. City of FaribaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Gamble v. GarlockSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
  4. In Re D'EllenaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  5. Lumbermen's Insurance v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901

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