Supreme Court of Minnesota June 8, 1897, Nos. 10,534—(159) (Macy v. City of Duluth)

CANTY, J.

During all the time between May 15, 1888, and May 15, 1896, plaintiff was one of the poundmasters of the city of Duluth. He leased from the owner two small strips or pieces of land on opposite sides of a public alley, at a monthly rental of $5, and he and some of the other city employes inclosed these two strips, together with the alley between them, and built thereon sheds and a