Case Name: Minneapolis Mill Company vs. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1891-06-11
Citations: 46 Minn. 330
Docket Number: 
Parties: Minneapolis Mill Company vs. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 330–330

Head Matter:
Minneapolis Mill Company vs. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company.
June 11, 1891.
Common-Law Dedication, to Railway Company. — A railroad corporation cannot take title to lands through a common-law dedication to public use. Following-Watson v. Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul By. Co., supra, p. 321.
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Hennepin county,. Lochren, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after judgment ordered for defendant.
Flannery <& Cooke and Jackson & Atwater, for appellant.
Albert F. Clarke and W. F. Booth, for respondent.

Opinion:
Gilfillan, C. J.
So far as the defendant relies for a defence upon dedication of the real estate to public use, and the right of plaintiff to bringejeetment, the questions are disposed of by the opinion in Watson v. Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Ry. Co., supra, p. 321.
Order reversed.
Note. A motion for veargument of this case was denied July 1, 1891.