Legal Opinion

Duluth Chamber of Commerce v. Knowlton

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 24, 1889PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, and from an order of Holland, J., (acting for a judge of the 11th district,) refusing a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

It being desired that the Chamber of Commerce of Duluth might secure the services of Prof. W. F. Phelps, and organ*230ize a bureau to develop manufacturing in Duluth, to defray the expenses of which it was contemplated to secure the passage of an act by the legislature authorizing the raising of a fund by taxation, but this being a matter in the future, a subscription paper was circulated and signed by a large number of citizens of Duluth, including the defendants, as follows: “For the purpose of securing the services of Prof. W. F. Phelps, and organizing a force to develop manufacturing at…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Woodling v. KnickerbockerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Cut Price Super Markets v. Kingpin Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
  2. Yates v. GambleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  3. Hopkins v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Marion v. HeimbachSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  5. Demeules v. Jewel Tea Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908

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