Legal Opinion

Horn v. City of St. Paul

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 5, 1900No. Nos. 12,076—(184)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Ramsey county, Bunn, J., overruling a demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

It is stated in the complaint, in substance, that plaintiff performed legal services at the instance and request of defendant, commencing in 1887 and continuing down to the summer of 1898; that the services were rendered with respect to a certain action brought by defendant to recover possession of valuable property, known as the “Lower Levee,” between Wacouta and Broadway streets, on the Mississippi river; that the city wras successful in the action, recovering property worth $500,000; that plaintiff had special charge of the case, was the leading counsel, and that the services were of the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. City of Moorhead v. MurphySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
  2. True v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
  3. State ex rel. Trebby v. VasalySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  4. State ex rel. Finlayson v. GormanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
  5. Scott v. City of JamestownNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1928

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