State ex rel. Styve v. Kingsley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Petition to the supreme court by Ole O. Styve and others for a writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable Nathan Kingsley, Judge of the Tenth judicial district, requiring him to submit to a jury certain issues of fact raised in the case of City of Albert Lea against Jens P. Nielsen and others.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, J.2
The complaint in this action was sustained in City of Albert Lea v. Nielsen, 83 Minn. 246, 86 N. W. 83. The facts are there fully set forth in the opinion, and the decision rests upon the proposition that the city and public generally took possession of the dam and the body of water affected by it, not only upon invitation, but at the request, of the several defendants, who released all rights to the submerged lands; and that such acts of release or dedication appeared to have been performed jointly and simultaneously. Upon the theory, therefore, that there was a community of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lommen v. Minneapolis Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Selby v. StanleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1860
- City of Albert Lea v. NielsenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
3Cited by6 opinions
- Olson v. Synergistic Technologies Business Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2001
- Morton Brick & Tile Co. v. SodergrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Hawley v. WallaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- State ex rel. Prall v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Peters v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
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