Hjelm v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to restrain defendants as county commissioners of that county from appointing any person county superintendent of highways. From orders, Dibell, J., granting a temporary injunction and overruling a demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint in an action brought to enjoin the county commissioners of St. Louis county from appointing a county superintendent of highways, under chapter 458, p. 707, Laws 1907. The trial court held the statute unconstitutional, and the correctness of this 'ruling is the only question presented on the appeal.
The statute is entitled “An act providing for the appointment of a county superintendent of highways and a road inspector in towns, and defining their duties and powers, in all-counties, this state, having less than 200,000…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State ex rel. Douglas v. WestfallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Boyd v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- State ex rel. Board of Education v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Watkins v. BigelowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- State v. AmesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Jensen v. Independent School District No. 17Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- State v. PalmquistSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
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