Case Name: MORRIS NOODELMAN v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1915-01-15
Citations: 128 Minn. 531
Docket Number: Nos. 18,957-(184)
Parties: MORRIS NOODELMAN v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 128
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
MORRIS NOODELMAN v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
January 15, 1915.
Nos. 18,957-(184).
Eminent domain — appeal;
Notice of protest against award of damages by commissioners held sufficient under Laws 1913, c. 345, to permit an appeal to the district court, and it was error to dismiss the appeal. [Reporter.] '
Appeal by Morris Noodelman from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Steele, J., dismissing his appeal to that court from an order of the city council of Minneapolis confirming the award of commissioners in the matter of condemnation of land.
Reversed.
George B. Leonard and M. Rose, for appellant.
G. D. Gould and William E. Morse, for respondent.
Reported in 150 N. W. 398.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Under Laws 1913, p. 488, c. 345, any person who is dissatisfied with the amount of damages awarded to him in the condemnation proceedings authorized by said chapter may file with the city clerk, in writing, his objection to the confirmation of the award; and if the award is confirmed he may appeal to the district court. The plaintiff filed this notice with the city clerk:
' "The' undersigned do hereby protest against the award of the commissioners appointed by the said council in the above entitled matter, on the grounds that said award is inadequate."
Afterwards he gave proper notice of appeal to the district court. The district court dismissed his appeal upon the ground that his notice was insufficient. The notice, while not in the precise form fixed by the statute, sufficiently apprised the council of all that it was requisite that it should know. It was error to dismiss the appeal. ,
Order reversed.