State Ex Rel. Peterson v. Bentley

1 Reported in 28 N.W.2d 179. In 1935, the state commenced condemnation proceedings to acquire by the power of eminent domain certain lands in Big Stone and Lac qui Parle counties for the purpose of creating and perpetually maintaining a reservoir for the storage and maintenance of an adequate supply of water in Big Stone Lake and for the regulation and control of floods. By April 1937, the state had acquired title to the lands involved in its original proceedings, and the building of dikes, dams, and control works had been finished. No final certificate of completion of the aforesaid…