State v. Robert P. Lewis Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for Ramsey county to enforce the payment of delinquent real-estate taxes for the year 1895, judgment upon the pleadings was ordered for the plaintiff against certain land owned by the Robert P. Lewis Company, and the case certified to the supreme court, by Willis, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This is a certified case, under the provisions of G. S. 1894, § 1589; and among other questions involved is that of the constitutionality of Sp. Laws 1885, c. 110, § 26, generally known as the water-frontage tax or assessment law.
The land against which judgment was ordered in proceedings to enforce the collection of taxes delinquent for the year 1895 is within the city limits and comprises about 65 acres. Dale street is on the west of this tract, the abutting line being 2,580 feet in length. Its south line abuts on Front street for a distance of 630 feet. On the north of the tract is Maryland…
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