Red Lake Falls Milling Co. v. City of Thief River Falls
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Red Lake county against the city of Thief River Ralls, Henry Grundy, its mayor, and Erick O. Erickson, its superintendent of police.
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Action in the district court for Red Lake county against the city of Thief River Ralls, Henry Grundy, its mayor, and Erick O. Erickson, its superintendent of police. The complaint alleged plaintiff obtained from the Great Northern Railway Company a license to occupy as a site for a grain elevator specified premises on its right of way in defendant city, made a contract to have a certain elevator building moved to those premises, and the contractor did move the same to said site; that defendants caused the specified premises to be occupied with special police officers, caused warrants to be…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The council of the city of Thief River Falls, by an ordinance approved March 12, 1907, establishing fire limits within the city, provided: “It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or attempt to erect within the above-described fire limits any wooden building. * * * ” On July 16, 1907, the ordinance was amended by enlarging the protected territory. The amendment placed within the prohibited territory a portion of the railroad right of way adapted for the establishment of elevators and similar structures. At the time of the approval of the last ordinance the plaintiff had made preparations…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Erickson v. FisherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- City of Crowley v. DusonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- Central State Bank v. Royal Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Troutman v. GatesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920