State ex rel. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Com'rs v. Cooley
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by Clayton R Cooley, County Auditor of Hennepin County, from a judgment of the District Court of that County, Robert D. Russell, J., entered June 20, 1893, directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue commanding Mm to countersign court house and city hall bonds under Laws 1893, ch. 243. The Board of Court House and City Hall Commissioners was created by Sp. Laws 1887, ch. 395. The act was amended by Sp. Laws 1889, ch. 62, Sp.
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Appeal by Clayton R Cooley, County Auditor of Hennepin County, from a judgment of the District Court of that County, Robert D. Russell, J., entered June 20, 1893, directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to issue commanding Mm to countersign court house and city hall bonds under Laws 1893, ch. 243. The Board of Court House and City Hall Commissioners was created by Sp. Laws 1887, ch. 395. The act was amended by Sp. Laws 1889, ch. 62, Sp. Laws 1891, ch. 132. The Board was authorized by Laws 1893, ch. 243, to issue and sell additional bonds to complete the court house and city hall in…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
By the provisions of Sp. Laws 1887, ch. 395, a board of commissioners was created with power to acquire certain land for the purpose in the city of Minneapolis and thereon to erect a building to be used, when completed, by the county of Hennepin and said city, jointly, for a county courthouse and a city hall. The issuance of bonds in a specified amount was authorized, that money *545might be had with which to pay for the land and erect the building. These bonds were to be countersigned by the county auditor. They were issued and sold, the land was acquired, and work on the building progressed…
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- Borough of Henderson v. County of SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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