Reed v. Village of Hibbing
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover1 damages in the sum of at least $500,000 and to restrain defendants from doing anything in furtherance of a sale of defendant village property or the removal of the village of Hibbing from its present location. The case was tried before Freeman, J., who made findings in favor of defendant and dissolved the temporary injunction.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover1 damages in the sum of at least $500,000 and to restrain defendants from doing anything in furtherance of a sale of defendant village property or the removal of the village of Hibbing from its present location. The case was tried before Freeman, J., who made findings in favor of defendant and dissolved the temporary injunction. From an order denying their motion for amended findings or a new trial, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The action is to enjoin defendants from carrying out an alleged unlawful conspiracy to destroy, by mining, a part of the village of Hibbing under which is a valuable iron ore deposit. The injunction was denied and from the order denying a new trial plaintiffs appeal.
The 73 plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers in the village. The village and its officers, the Oliver Iron Mining Company, the owner of the ore, and the Mesaba Railway Company, which owns and operates an electric railway into the village, are the defendants. The village was organized in 1893 with 326 inhabitants, but has now a…
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