Heath v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Washington county against two railway companies. The case was tried before Stolberg, J., who made findings, and a jury to which was submitted the question of. damages only, which returned a verdict for $3,500 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial and denying their motion to strike out the findings of fact, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, J..This is an action to enjoin defendants from casting sand upon plaintiff’s land, and for damages for the injury already inflicted because of a deposit of sand thereon. Plaintiff prevailed, and defendants appeal from the order denying their alternative motion for .a judgment or a new trial.
The defendants’ right of way, where it crosses St. Croix river, runs east and west and occupies a strip off of the northerly boundary ■of government lot 3 in section 1 of township 30, range 20 west. In the spring of 1911, after defendants had acquired the right of way and constructed a high…
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