State Ex Rel. Lord v. North Star Concrete Co.

Rogosheske, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying a new trial in a condemnation proceeding wherein the state seeks to acquire lands for relocating a portion of the channel of a navigable river, such relocation being deemed necessary for the construction of a major trunk highway.

The appellant is the owner of a 23-acre tract of land in Blue Earth County located on the Minnesota River immediately south of North Mankato. The north boundary of the tract is the south shoreline of the river. In order to locate Highway No. 256 along the north bank of the river in North Mankato, the commissioner of…