Chambers v. Great Northern Power Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to restrain defendants from entering upon certain land and constructing or operating a railroad thereon. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts before Dibell, J., who ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, .T.
In 1869 the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad Company acquired title by condemnation proceedings to a strip of land two hundred feet in width across respondent’s premises, located in St. Louis county between the villages of Thomson and Fond du Lac. During 1870 the railroad track was constructed on the land so acquired and continuously operated by such company until 1877, when the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company became its legal successor. The St. Paul & Duluth Company continuously operated that railroad as a part of its general system until 1887, during which year it caused to…
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