Hansen v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by 28 plaintiffs against defendant telephone exchange company and the aldermen and recorder of the city of Luverne to restrain the passage and publication of a city ordinance. The defendants demurred individually and collectively to the complaint. The matter was heard before Nelson, J., who denied plaintiffs’ application for a temporary injunction, set aside the temporary restraining order made by the court commissioner, and sustained the demurrers.
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Action by 28 plaintiffs against defendant telephone exchange company and the aldermen and recorder of the city of Luverne to restrain the passage and publication of a city ordinance. The defendants demurred individually and collectively to the complaint. The matter was heard before Nelson, J., who denied plaintiffs’ application for a temporary injunction, set aside the temporary restraining order made by the court commissioner, and sustained the demurrers. Erom that order plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cttbiam:.
This action was brought by plaintiffs, as taxpayers, against the members of the city council of the city of Luverne, the city recorder, and the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co., a corporation, to restrain and enjoin the passage by the council, the recording or publication by the recorder, and the acceptance by the Telephone Co. of an ordinance pending before the council, by which a franchise was intended to be granted to the Telephone Co. to construct and operate a telephone exchange within the city. The city officers and the Telephone Co. interposed separate general demurrers…
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- Barnes v. MacKenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- Village of Savage v. Minnesota Municipal CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- State ex rel. Klemer v. City RecorderSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Moore v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- McDonald v. Beverage Drivers & Helpers & WarehousemenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
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