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Viliski v. City of Minneapolis

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 22, 1889PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Hicks, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

This action is for the recovery of the value of a large quantity of stone, quarried by one Patterson from Thirteenth *305avenue, between Third and Fifth streets, in the city of Minneapolis, and appropriated by Patterson to his own use. The fee of the land where the stone in question was quarried was, with the fee of the adjacent lots, in the plaintiff and in certain other persons, who have assigned to him their causes of action for the acts complained of. The acts of Patterson here in question were done pursuant to a contract between him and the city, the body of which is set forth in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rich v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  2. Whitney v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  3. Althen v. KellySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  4. Hinman v. HeyderstadtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
  5. Upham v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Andrews v. YoumansWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Town of Rost v. O'ConnorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
  3. City of St. Paul v. BielenbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
  4. Haas v. City of EvansvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1898
  5. Carter Oil Co. v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939

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