Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. McFarland v. Erskine
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 18, 1925No. 24,986PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
The court sustained a demurrer to the answer to an alternative writ of mandamus and the defendants appealed. The writ was issued to compel the county auditor to issue a warrant in payment of the damages awarded to the relator in a proceeding to establish a county road which passes over her land.
The proceeding was begun by the petition of 24 freeholders, for the establishment of the road from the west to the east boundary line of Itasca county, pursuant to section 2582, G-. S. 1923. An old road crossed the county from east to west, but was not well located, and the purpose of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Warren v. First Division of St. Paul & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- State v. MessengerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- McRostie v. City of OwatonnaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- Commissioners of State Park v. HenrySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Matter of Rhinebeck Connecticut R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
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3Cited by12 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Peterson v. BentleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
- State v. HelmArizona Supreme Court · 1959
- County of Hennepin v. MikulaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Independent School District No. 273 v. GrossSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- County of Blue Earth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
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