NELSON v. WILSON

Nos. 35,901, 35,902, 35,903, 35,904, 35,905, 35,906, 35,907, 35,908, 35,909.

239 Minn. 164 (1953)

ALFRED E. NELSON AND OTHERS v. CHESTER S. WILSON.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A.A. Burnquist, Attorney General, John H. Burwell, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. Quayle, Special Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Smith, McLean & Peterson, for respondents.


MATSON, JUSTICE.

Appeal by the commissioner of conservation from orders granting peremptory writs of mandamus directing him to institute eminent domain proceedings for the condemnation of certain lands allegedly taken by flooding caused by a water control project in Kandiyohi county.

The flooding complained of in these proceedings occurred in a low flat basin in Kandiyohi county in the area generally east of Green Lake and south of Lake Calhoun, which is about...

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