Robbins v. School District No. 1
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court of Anoka county. The allegations of the complaint are substantially; that in August, 185V, school district number two of Anoka county was a body corporate, duly organized under the laws of Minnesota; that at that time it designated a site for a school house in said district, levied a tax of §600 to build the same, and contracted with the plaintiff to build said house at the agreed price of §650; that plaintiff did build said'…
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This action was brought in the district court of Anoka county. The allegations of the complaint are substantially; that in August, 185V, school district number two of Anoka county was a body corporate, duly organized under the laws of Minnesota; that at that time it designated a site for a school house in said district, levied a tax of §600 to build the same, and contracted with the plaintiff to build said house at the agreed price of §650; that plaintiff did build said' house on said site; that on the 1st day of December, 185V, J. F. Clark, J. B. lufken and A. W. Giddings were the duly…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
McMillan, J.
— The first question presented in this case for our determination is whether School District No. 2 of Anoka County, the original contracting party, had power to incur the indebtedness for which this action is brought.
The statute in force at the time of making the contract set forth in the complaint, in defining the powers of school district meetings, prescribes among other things that they shall have power “ to designate a site for the district school house; to levy such tax (not exceeding six hundred dollars in any one year) on the taxable property in the district…
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