State ex rel. Ames v. City Council of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued out of the district court for Hennepin county to compel the common council of the city of Minneapolis to appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the contingent fund of relator as mayor of said city. From a judgment quashing the writ, entered pursuant to the findings and order of Elliott, J., relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Mandamus proceedings to compel the city council of Minneapolis to appropriate $5,000 as a contingent fund for the mayor. Upon the final hearing the court made findings of fact and ordered judgment for respondent, which was entered, and relator appeals.
The collection of the revenues of the city of Minneapolis, so far as it is here important to notice, originates upon the action of a board of tax levy for the county of Hennepin, provided for in Sp. Laws 1885, c. 84, under which such board is required to meet annually the second Monday of September, with the right to adjourn from time to time,…
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- Bowen v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Duckstad v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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