Taylor v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This is a proceeding under the provisions of sec. 56 of chapter 15 of the Laws of 1861, contesting the validity of an election held at a general election on the 3d day of November, 1863, submitting to the electors of Chisago County, for their approval or rejection, the question of the removal of the county seat of that county from Taylor’s Falls to Chisago City, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, approved March 3, 1863. The plaintiff, an…
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This is a proceeding under the provisions of sec. 56 of chapter 15 of the Laws of 1861, contesting the validity of an election held at a general election on the 3d day of November, 1863, submitting to the electors of Chisago County, for their approval or rejection, the question of the removal of the county seat of that county from Taylor’s Falls to Chisago City, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, approved March 3, 1863. The plaintiff, an elector of said county, served a notice of such contest upon the County Commissioners of said county, (the defendants),…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Wilson, C. J.
— The Legislature by an act approved March 3, 1803, provided (subject to the approval of the electors of the county) that the county seat of Chisago County should be removed from Taylor’s Falls to Chisago City. See Session Laws 1863, p. 204.
The law was submitted at the next general election to the electors of said county for their adoption, in pursuance of Sec. I, Art. 11 of the Constitution. The county canvassing board, to whom the returns of the election wore made, declared and certified that said law was adopted by a majority of the electors.
The plaintiff, being…
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