Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Rehnke
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceedings in the district court for Goodhue county to condemn a strip of land on each side of plaintiff's present right of way. The case was tried before Crosby, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of defendant for $125, the value of the land, and $375 damages. Prom an order denying plaintiff’s motion to strike out the item of $375 in the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
In 1902, in consideration of $350, Emil It. Pehnke, the respondent herein, and his wife, conveyed to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Pailway Company, the appellant herein, a strip of land one hundred feet wide across the farm then occupied and owned by respondent, and in said conveyance released all claims for damages accruing to all their other lands by reason of, or occasioned by, the locating and constructing of a railway over and upon the premises conveyed. Thereafter the said railway company constructed, and has since operated, its railroad over the strip of land so conveyed. Eor a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Co. v. HarkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Redmond v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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