State ex rel. Erb v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Application to the district court for Red Rake county for a writ of mandamus commanding defendants, as the board of county commissioners for that county, to meet and act upon a petition for removal of the county seat. ' The case was heard before Watts, J., who granted a motion for judgment directing the issue of a peremptory writ as prayed. From the judgment, two members of the board, defendants Demann and Falardeau appealed as individuals.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The facts in this case are as follows: A petition was duly presented to the board of county commissioners of Red Rake county for the removal of the county seat from Red Rake Falls to Thief River Falls, which the board declined to consider on the alleged ground that it had no jurisdiction by reason of the failure of the petitioners to comply .with certain requirements of the statutes in respect to the circulation and presenting of such a petition. Thereafter this proceeding by mandamus was brought to compel the board to convene, hear, and act upon the petition. The members of the board were…
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