State ex rel. Merchant v. District Court for St. Louis County

Certiorari to review the action of the district court in confirming the report of appraisers appointed to appraise the value of property proposed to be taken by the city of Duluth for parkway purposes, pursuant to the provisions of Sp. Laws 1889, c. 401, as amended by Sp. Laws 1891, c. 54.

Section 7 of the amendatory act, after providing for the appointment of appraisers, further provides:

“They [the appraisers] shall view said property, and ’hear all the legal evidence offered by the board [of park commissioners] or any person interested in the property, and shall ascertain and appraise the…