State ex rel. McMullen v. District Court of Hennepin County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certiorari to the District Court of Hennepin county, upon the relation of George McMullen and Arthur McMullen. The return showed that proceedings were begun in the City Council of. Minneapolis to widen Hennepin Avenue eleven fe.et on each side from Tenth street to Lyndale Avenue, making it eighty-eight feet wide. Commissioners were appointed and appraised damages.
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Certiorari to the District Court of Hennepin county, upon the relation of George McMullen and Arthur McMullen. The return showed that proceedings were begun in the City Council of. Minneapolis to widen Hennepin Avenue eleven fe.et on each side from Tenth street to Lyndale Avenue, making it eighty-eight feet wide. Commissioners were appointed and appraised damages. Belators owned a lot and a half on the northwest corner of Hennepin Avenue and Twelfth street, and had a large brick building on it. They were awarded $3,000. They claimed $10,000, and filed objections, but the award was on July 24,…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
In proceedings under chapter ten (10) of the charter of the city of Minneapolis, to widen a part of Hennepin avenue, the relator and others having appealed from the action of the city council in confirming the report of the commissioners, the court, having confirmed the proceedings in other respects, appointed three commissioners, of whom John Baxter was one, to reappraise the damages and benefits of the several appellants. Upon the coming in of..the report of these commissioners the relator, upon affidavits, *17objected to its confirmation on several grounds. The court overruled bis objections…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sjoberg v. NordinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Minnesota Linseed Oil Co. v. PalmerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- Webster v. County of WashingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
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