State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued out of t’he district court for Freeborn county, commanding defendant railway company to build and maintain a station-house at the village of Emmons, as required by an order of the railroad and warehouse commission. The case was heard before Quinn, J., who found in favor of relator and directed the issue of a peremptory writ. From a judgment entered pursuant to the order, defendant appealed.
1Per curiam
This is the second attempt on the part of the citizens of the village of Emmons, situated on defendant’s line of road, to secure a depot building for the accommodation of the people residing there and in that vicinity.
Their first was in the year 1897, when they proceeded by petition to the railroad and warehouse commissioners, upon which a hearing was had, and an order filed requiring the defendant company to build and maintain a depot within a prescribed time. It refused to comply with this order, and the state, on the relation of the commissioners, sought to compel obedience by mandamus. On…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commissioners v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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