Morgan v. City of Albert Lea
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county to restrain defendant city and its officers from trespassing upon a certain strip of land and for damages. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff on the question whether he was the owner, and submitted to the jury the question of the amount of damage to the land caused by defendants’ acts.
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Action in the district court for Freeborn county to restrain defendant city and its officers from trespassing upon a certain strip of land and for damages. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who directed a verdict in favor of plaintiff on the question whether he was the owner, and submitted to the jury the question of the amount of damage to the land caused by defendants’ acts. The court made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $875, the amount of the verdict. From an order denying their motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Plaintiff is the owner of lot 8 in block 1, of Parker’s Addition to-the city of Albert Lea, upon which is situated his residence, occupied by himself and family. The lot fronts on Vine street, the same being a public street marked out and dedicated to the public by the recorded plat of such addition. By ordinance duly enacted the city ordered and directed certain improvements in the street as it extends along plaintiff’s property, consisting in lowering the grade thereof, taking up and relaying the sidewalk, and improving the entire width of the street between what the city claims to be…
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