Lodoen v. City of Warren
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Marshall county to restrain defendants from proceeding with the performance of certain contracts to improve streets in defendant city; from levying an assessment in payment therefor upon the abutting property or upon the general property subject to taxation in the city; and from issuing certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the city in payment for the improvement.
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Action in tbe district court for Marshall county to restrain defendants from proceeding with the performance of certain contracts to improve streets in defendant city; from levying an assessment in payment therefor upon the abutting property or upon the general property subject to taxation in the city; and from issuing certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the city in payment for the improvement. Defendant’s demurrer to. the complaint on the ground that the same did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action was sustained, Grindeland, J. From the order…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
It appears from the complaint that the city of Warren is a city of the fourth class having a home rule charter; that in proceedings instituted under and pursuant to chapter 65, p. 62, of the Laws of 1919, the city has let a contract to defendant Bitulithic Contracting, Limited, to pave certain streets in the city, and is about to issue certificates of indebtedness to provide funds to pay for the work, and intends to levy assessments against the benefited property to reimburse the. city for the expense so incurred; that the question of issuing such certificates of indebtedness has…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Nichols v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
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- State ex rel. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Com'rs v. CooleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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- State ex rel. Wilcox v. RyderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
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