VILLAGE OF MAPLEWOOD, RAMSEY CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 44884.

228 N.W.2d 269 (1975)

VILLAGE OF MAPLEWOOD, RAMSEY COUNTY, Minnesota, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Al JOHNSON, et al., Respondents-Below, Markham Bros. Construction Company, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lais, Bannigan & Ciresi and John F. Bannigan, Jr., St. Paul, for appellant.

John E. Daubney, Robert McCarthy, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and TODD and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

The village of Maplewood appeals from an order denying its motion for a new trial in an eminent domain proceeding. The sole issue on appeal is whether the lower court erred in refusing to allow cross-examination of the president of the respondent owner as to the purchase price of the property 3 years and 1 month before the condemnation proceeding. We affirm.

Respondent, Markham Bros. Construction Company, purchased a 39.9-acre tract of land...

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