Gaare v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Clay county, Baxter, J., sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
LOVELY, J.2
This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to a complaint upon the ground that it did not state a cause of action.
The complaint, in substance, alleges that plaintiff is the owner of land in Clay county adjacent to a public improvement known as the “Felton State Ditch,” which was completed in 1896 under the supervision of the state; that at the outlet of the ditch cribwork had been constructed by the county; that on October 14, 1901, the Board of State Drainage Commissioners notified the county commissioners of Clay county that there was a break in such cribwork, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barnes v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Winters v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Snider v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State ex rel. Olsen v. Board of Control of State InstitutionsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Lien v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Utah State Fair Ass'n v. GreenUtah Supreme Court · 1926
- Johnson v. County of SteeleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- State v. People's Ice Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Hitchcock v. County of SherburneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- City of Duluth v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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