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McManus v. Duluth, Crookston & Northern R.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 17, 1892PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by defendants, The Duluth, Crookston & Northern Railroad Company, William Anglim, Louis Ellington, and C. O. Christianson, from a judgment of the District Court of Polk County, Mills, J., entered February 8, 1892. This action was brought by the plaintiff, George J.. McManus, a resident and taxpayer of the city of Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, against the defendants, the City of Crookston, Wm.

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Appeal by defendants, The Duluth, Crookston & Northern Railroad Company, William Anglim, Louis Ellington, and C. O. Christianson, from a judgment of the District Court of Polk County, Mills, J., entered February 8, 1892. This action was brought by the plaintiff, George J.. McManus, a resident and taxpayer of the city of Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota, against the defendants, the City of Crookston, Wm. Anglim, Louis Ellington, C. O. Christianson, O. H. Lucken, and the Duluth, Crookston & Northern Railroad Company, to restrain Anglim, Ellington, Christianson and Lucken from transferring or…

1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.

In the year 1889, pursuant to the provisions of Bp. Laws 1889, ch. 205, bonds of the city of Crookston were executed and delivered to certain commissioners named in said act (who are defendants in this action) to aid in the construction of a line of railroad from a point on the line of the Duluth & Manitoba Bailroad into the city of Crookston. This action was prosecuted to restrain the commissioners from delivering the bonds to the defendant railroad company, on the ground that the conditions upon which such bonds were to be delivered had not been complied with. The court, having tried the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Leeds v. LittleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  2. Whitlock v. GossonNebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  3. City of Winona v. Minnesota Railway Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
  4. Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
  5. Hodgman v. Chicago & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1873

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Voss v. Waterloo Water Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Nelson v. StephensWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Town of Birch Cooley v. First National BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  4. Nash v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  5. Nels Bergstrom v. Farmers' Mutual Ins.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892

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