City of St. Paul v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $13,047.38 expended in strengthening a bridge over defendant’s tracks.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $13,047.38 expended in strengthening a bridge over defendant’s tracks. The answer, among other matters, alleged that the city of St' Paul entered into an agreement with the street car company part of which reads as follows: “And provided further that the bridge over the railroad tracks of the Great Northern Railway Company on said Dale street be strengthened by said city of St. Paul sufficiently so as to carry safely the cars of said St. Paul City Railway Companyand further alleged that said agreement on the part of the city of St.…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
This is an action to recover the amount expended by the plaintiff city in strengthening a bridge which passes over the defendant’s railroad. The case was tried to the court without a jury. There were findings and judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,655.28 and interest. The plaintiff ..appeals from the judgment.
The Tacts are undisputed. In brief they are these: Dale street, a public thoroughfare of St. Paul, and the right of way of the defendant Great Northern Railway Company intersect. In 1890 the defendant constructed a bridge on this street over its tracks at the…
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