State ex rel. St. Paul Gaslight Co. v. McCardy
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Mandamus in tbe district court for Ramsey county to compel defendant, comptroller of tbe city of St. Paul, to audit and adjust certain accounts, amounting to $1510.88, and to transmit tbe same, so audited and adjusted, to tbe common council of tbe city for its action.
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Mandamus in tbe district court for Ramsey county to compel defendant, comptroller of tbe city of St. Paul, to audit and adjust certain accounts, amounting to $1510.88, and to transmit tbe same, so audited and adjusted, to tbe common council of tbe city for its action. A motion by defendant to quasb tbe alternative writ issued, upon tbe ground that the information did not state facts sufficient to constitute grounds for its issuance, was denied by the court, Brill and ■Otis, JJ. The case was tried without a jury by Otis, J., who ordered judgment for relator. From the judgment, directing a…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Mandamus to compel the comptroller of the city x>f St. Paul to audit, adjust, and report to the city council of the city of St. Paul the relator’s claim against the city for light furnished for the courthouse and city hall pursuant to contract with the joint committee having charge of the building, as provided for in Sp. Laws 1889, c. Gá. The facts are all stipulated.
The questions involved relate mainly to the construction of local legislation, which is familiar to those specially interested, but of no particular interest to others. The able memorandum of the trial judges, which we might…
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