Legal Opinion
In Re Assessment for Paving Mississippi River Boulevard
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 26, 1926No. 25,613PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEES, C.
Upon a hearing of the application of the city of St. Paul for the confirmation of a special assessment of $6,132.61 upon respondent’s property for benefits derived from the paving of the Mississippi River Boulevard, the court found that the assessment was made on an erroneous principle of law, Was arbitrary, exceeded the special benefits to the property, was confiscatory and that the total benefits did not exceed $2,050, to which sum the assessment was reduced.
The city moved that the findings be amended by adding that when, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, part of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. Oliver Iron Mining Co. v. City of ElySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Hughes v. FarnsworthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- In re the Assessment of Benefits, Costs & ExpensesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- In re Proceedings to Enforce Payment of Taxes on Real EstateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- Armour v. Village of LitchfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
3Cited by6 opinions
- Qvale v. City of WillmarSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- In Re Assessment for Widening East Fourth Street in St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Eck v. EckSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- W. B. Foshay Co. v. Mercantile Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- City of Owatonna v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1970
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