Pulver v. Grooves
Supreme Court of Minnesota
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP HENNEPIN COUNTY. Motion before the Court Commissioner of Hennepin County, to set aside a summons, motion denied by the Commissioner, and the Defendant appeals. The points and authorities of Counsel do not refer to the question decided in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
— Emmett, C. J.
The case of Cere vs. Weed <& Co., decided at this term, substantially disposes of the present case. We there held that the powers of a Court Commissioner were confined to those acts which may be performed by a Judge of the District Court at Chambers, while acting as Judge merely, and not as a Court / such as granting orders to show cause, extending time to plead, Jetting to bail, granting injunctions, and otherwise putting the process of the Court in motion, and generally such preliminary or intermediate matters as are allowed of course by a Judge on a prima facie…
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