Wilmes v. Minneapolis & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Condemnation proceedings. Appeal by the railway company from a judgment of the district court for Hennepin county, after a trial before Vanderburgh, J., and a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Berry. J.*
To prevent confusion we will in this opinion call the respondent, Wilmes, plaintiff, and the appellant company, defendant. Plaintiff owns 120 acres of land, consisting of three forties in line as represented in the sketch following.
The land is occupied and used by him as one farm, his residence being situate upon the • easterly forty. Defendant, having located *243the line of its railway across the two westerly forties, instituted proceedings for condemnation, under Gen. St. 1878, c. 34.
Section 14 of this chapter permits a railroad corporation seeking a condemnation to present to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greve v. First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- Scott v. St. Paul & Chicago Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
3Cited by9 opinions
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- Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co. v. HuncheonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
- Wilcox v. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Idaho & Western Railway Co. v. CoeyWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- A. & N. R. v. BoernerNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
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