State ex rel. Simpson v. City of Mankato
Supreme Court of Minnesota
As. attorney general of the state, George T. Simpson petitioned this court for a writ of quo warranto, directed to the city of Mankato, Charles T. Taylor, Ben Bangerter, Jr., Lawrence Henline, J. D. Hunniston and Kobert Lamm. The respondents made return that they were duly elected and qualified officers of respondent city,duly acting as such officers, and discharging the duties of their respective offices.
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As. attorney general of the state, George T. Simpson petitioned this court for a writ of quo warranto, directed to the city of Mankato, Charles T. Taylor, Ben Bangerter, Jr., Lawrence Henline, J. D. Hunniston and Kobert Lamm. The respondents made return that they were duly elected and qualified officers of respondent city,duly acting as such officers, and discharging the duties of their respective offices. The reply admitted that respondents performed the duties required of them by the charter described in the petition, but denied they were performed by the sanction, acquiescence or approval…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
This is a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto, on the relation of the attorney general, for the. purpose of determining the constitutionality of the charter of the city of Mankato and the right of the other respondents to hold office thereunder. The admitted facts are as follows:
The city of Mankato has, for many years, been a municipal corpo*460ration of this state. In January, 1909, the district court of Blue Earth county duly appointed freeholders to frame a charter for the said city, pursuant to section 36 of article 4 of the Constitution, and under sections 748-758, B. L. 1905, and…
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