Carli v. Stillwater & Saint Paul Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff in this case appealed from an award of commissioners assessing the damages for land taken by-defendant for its road. The appeal was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff, giving him a much larger sum than the award as damages.The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was granted; and the plaintiff appeals from the order granting the same, to this court.
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The plaintiff in this case appealed from an award of commissioners assessing the damages for land taken by-defendant for its road. The appeal was tried before a jury, and resulted in a verdict for plaintiff, giving him a much larger sum than the award as damages.The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was granted; and the plaintiff appeals from the order granting the same, to this court. The case, in regard to the questious decided on the appeal, is fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
*262 By the Court
McMillan, J.
An award was made by commissioners appointed, on the application of the Still-water & Saint Paul Railroad Company, to assess the damages to certain lands taken by the railroad company for the purposes of its road.
Carli appealed from the award of the commissioners to the district court; the appeal was tried by jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of Carli for $7,413.80. On motion of the respondent — no person appearing for the appellant at the hearing — a new trial was granted by the district court, and from the order granting a new trial, Carli took an appeal to…
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