State ex rel. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. v. District Court of Hennepin County

Section 3, chapter 35, Laws 1879, provides that where a railroad company shall elect, in the location of any part of its railroad, to cross any other railroad of another company, it shall have the right so to do; and, if the two cannot agree as to the amount of compensation to be made therefor, the same shall be ascertained by commissioners to be appointed by the court, “as provided for the appropriation of the property of individuals; and, if .the two corporations cannot agree as to the points and manner of such crossings, the district court to which the petition shall be presented shall, at…