Legal Opinion

Kretzschmar v. Meehan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 14, 1898No. Nos. 11,254—(110)PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $1,850 damages for injury to plaintiff’s dam. From an order, Ives, J., overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

This action was commenced in Polk county to recover damages for injuries to real property. The defendants demurred on the grounds that it appeared upon the face of the complaint (1) that the court had no jurisdiction of the subject of the action because the real property injured was in Red Lake county; and (2) that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

Prior to 1885 the statute provided that actibns for injuries to real property and certain other classes of actions should be brought and tried in the county in which the subject of the action was situated,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gill v. BradleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
  2. Lamprey v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
  3. Kipp v. CookSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hallock v. SuitorOregon Supreme Court · 1900
  2. People Ex Rel. Lehigh Valley Railway Co. v. State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. City Water Power Co. v. City of Fergus FallsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  4. Kamm v. NormandOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  5. State ex rel. Barrett v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905

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