Legal Opinion

Lorshbough v. Township of Buzzle

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 19, 1977No. 46686PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Justice.

This is an action charging the Township of Buzzle and its officers, and the County of Beltrami and its commissioners with negligent maintenance of the township dump. Their maintenance allegedly precipitated a fire in the dump that subsequently spread to and damaged plaintiffs’ property. Defendant county and its commissioners appeal pursuant to Rule 103.03(i), Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, from an order of the district court denying their motions for summary judgment.

On May 4,1973, a fire of unknown origin began to burn in the Buzzle Township dump, near the Village of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Holytz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Coffey v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Spanel v. Mounds View School District No. 621Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
  4. Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  5. Schuster v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1958

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Irwin v. Town of WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  2. Cracraft v. City of St. Louis ParkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Wilson v. NepstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  4. Butler v. BogdanovichNevada Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Dunbar v. United Steelworkers of AmericaIdaho Supreme Court · 1979

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