Stoehr v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the defendant, the City of St. Paul, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., made March 14, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Catherine Stoehr on August 3, 1892, owned and occupied a house and lot No. 383 Prescott Street near Concord in West St. Paul.
Read the full summary
Appeal by the defendant, the City of St. Paul, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, William Louis Kelly, J., made March 14, 1893, denying its motion for a new trial. The plaintiff, Catherine Stoehr on August 3, 1892, owned and occupied a house and lot No. 383 Prescott Street near Concord in West St. Paul. It was near the outlet of a ravine through which surface water falling on the higher land to the south flowed down to the flats bordering the Mississippi River. Page Street ran east and west crossing this ravine between plaintiff’s house and the high land. In 1889, the City…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The defendant, during the years 1889 and 1890, in improving and grading Page street in West St. Paul, made a fill in and across a ravine by depositing therein earth from the vicinity. This ravine runs northerly to the Mississippi river, through the bluff, from the high level land above, a distance of three-quarters of a mile or more, with an average fall of more than 300 feet to the mile, and affords surface drainage for a considerable tract of land. The sides are abrupt and steep, and at the bottom its width varies from twenty-five to one hundred and fifty feet. It is so situated that large…
2Cited by7 opinions
- Greenwood v. Evergreen Mines Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- Pettinger v. Village of WinnebagoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Chabot v. City of Sauk RapidsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- Harrison v. BealsOregon Supreme Court · 1924
- Chabot v. City of Sauk RapidsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1987
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.