Wolfe v. City of Moorhead
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Clay county to restrain defendant city from proceeding, under an alleged void amendment of the city charter, to construct any sidewalk or other improvement upon plaintiff’s propr erty. The case was tried before Baxter, J., who found in favor of defendant, denying an injunction, from which order plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggar.d, J.
On September 27, 1905, the charter commission of the city of Moorhead proposed an amendment to the city charter, authorizing the city council to order local improvements without the petition of the property owners affected. That amendment was adopted at a special election held under the provisions of section 78, G. S. 1894, providing for elections in cities of less than four thousand inhabitants. The returns were duly canvassed; the amendment was declared adopted; the city council, acting under the powers which it purported to grant to them, proceeded to order certain improvements upon…
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