Legal Opinion
STATE, BY LORD v. Shirk
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 1, 1958No. 37,224PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying appellants’ motion for a new trial. The action in the court below involved an appeal from an award of court-appointed commissioners in a proceeding in eminent domain for condemnation of land for highway purposes. The commissioners made an award in the sum of $2,492 as damages for the taking by the state of certain land for highway purposes. On the trial of the appeal the jury awarded $2,000. The landowners contend that this verdict is so inadequate as to indicate that it was based upon passion and prejudice; that…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Burnquist v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- Stevens v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Johnson v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Olson v. GjertsenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Pye v. DieboldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State, by Lord v. FrisbySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- State v. PearsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- State Ex Rel. Lord v. MaleckerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- State, by Mondale v. MecklenburgSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Housing & Redevelopment Authority v. First Avenue Realty Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
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