Everett v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Pursuant to an act of the legislature, the question of the removal of the county seat of Le Sueur county from the town of Le Sueur to the village of Cleveland was submitted to the vote of the electors of the county, at the general election held November 3, 1874. The county board of canvassers having canvassed the vote, and declared the result to be against the removal, the plaintiff filed a notice of contest, (which was allowed to stand as a complaint,) alleging, among other…
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Pursuant to an act of the legislature, the question of the removal of the county seat of Le Sueur county from the town of Le Sueur to the village of Cleveland was submitted to the vote of the electors of the county, at the general election held November 3, 1874. The county board of canvassers having canvassed the vote, and declared the result to be against the removal, the plaintiff filed a notice of contest, (which was allowed to stand as a complaint,) alleging, among other things, that the whole number of votes cast at the election in the county was 2,490 ; the number of votes cast in favor…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Section 1, art. 11, of the constitution of this state declares that “all laws * * * for removing county seats shall, before taking effect, be submitted to the electors of the county or counties to be affected thereby, at the next general election after the passage thereof, and be adopted by a majority of such electors.” The only question in this case is, what is meant by the words, “ a majority of such electors ? ”
In Taylor v. Taylor, 10 Minn. 107, the same question was presented, and deliberately considered by this court, by which it was distinctly determined that the words, “a. majority of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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