Rippe v. Becker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Henry Rippe, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, John W. Willis, J., made September 25, 1893, sustaining a demurrer to his complaint.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Henry Rippe, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, John W. Willis, J., made September 25, 1893, sustaining a demurrer to his complaint. The plaintiff was a citizen freeholder and tax payer of this state and commenced this action August 8, 189,3, on behalf of himself and all other citizens similarly situated, against George L. Becker, William M. Liggett, Ira B. Mills, Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, and Adolph Biermann, State Auditor, as defendants, to restrain them from entering into any contract for the construction of a grain elevator under Laws…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The object of this action, briefly stated, was to re« strain the Board of Bail way and Warehouse Commissioners from building a State Elevator at Duluth pursuant to the provisions of Laws 1893, ch. 30.
The plaintiff assails the constitutionality of this act on several grounds; but the only one we find necessary to consider is that it is in violation of the Constitution, Art. 9, § 5, of this State, which provides that “the state shall never contract any debts for works of internal improvement or be a party in carrying on such works.”
On the other hand, the contentions of the defendant are:
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