Cameron v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Fillmore county, Whytock, J., fixing the amount of plaintiff’s attorney’s fees at $250, and also from that part of the judgment entered in favor of plaintiff which adjudged that plaintiff recover said sum as attorney’s fees.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action under the provisions of Laws 1875, c. 98 (G. S. 1894, §§ 2657-2662), in the nature of ejectment, where compensation for the taking of land for a right of way and other railway purposes has not been made.
The complaint alleged ownership and right of possession in the plaintiff in and to the demanded premises; that the defendant was in *385the possession thereof, using the same for railway purposes, and had refused to deliver possession to the plaintiff, or to compensate him for the same, although repeatedly requested so to do. The defendant, by its answer, denied the plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. HumesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BeckwithSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Nichols v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Allen v. Pioneer-Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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3Cited by28 opinions
- McGuire v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
- Mathison v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Lancashire Insurance v. BushNebraska Supreme Court · 1900
- Kellerman v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- State ex rel. Young v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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