Gilbert v. Eldridge
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, where the action was tried by Ensign, J.
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, J.1
At the head of Lake Superior a peninsula of land ■called “Bice’s Point” extends from the main-land eastward into the water. On the northerly or northeasterly side of this peninsula is the Bay of Duluth, constituting the present harbor of the city of Duluth. On the south of the peninsula is St. Louis bay. In 1858 •one Orrin Bice, who then owned this land, platted the same as a town-site, and filed the plat thereof in the proper public office. The name of Bice’s Point was given to the platted lands. Embraced in this platting were two blocks designated, respectively, by numbers as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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