PORT AUTHORITY OF CITY OF ST. PAUL v. GROPPOLI

No. 43507.

202 N.W.2d 371 (1972)

PORT AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF ST. PAUL, Respondent, v. Michael P. GROPPOLI, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robins, Davis & Lyons, Elliot S. Kaplan and James R. Safley, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Kenneth J. Fitzpatrick, City Atty., R. Scott Davies, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard and considered en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

An action was commenced by the Port Authority of the City of St. Paul in January 1971 to condemn certain property owned by respondents. Respondents asserted that the petition for condemnation should be denied because the taking was not for a public purpose. The trial court found that the taking was for a public purpose and issued an order granting the petition. We granted respondents' request for a discretionary review of the order of the trial...

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