Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Pioneer Fuel Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Condemnation proceedings to take land of defendant fuel company. From the commissioners* award of damages at $3,244, defendant appealed to the district court for Hennepin county, where the appeal was heard by Leary, J., who made the rulings specified in the second paragraph of the opinion, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of the Pioneer Fuel Company for $5,500. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
A condemnation proceeding was instituted by the petition of the Northern Pacific Kailway Company to take the land of the defendant, in order to lay certain sidetracks which had been ordered by the State Kailroad and Warehouse Commission. The order was made on the application of the G. E. Gee Grain Company, and provided that, if the Gee company should be unable to acquire the land by purchase, it should be the duty of the railway company to acquire it by condemnation, and that, when acquired, the sidetracks should be laid for the service of the Gee company and for all other purposes,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Union Lime Co. v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Stewart v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. OchsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad v. PorterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- State ex rel. Smith v. Van ReedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
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