State ex rel. Wheeler v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certiorari to the district court for Ramsey county and Honorable Charles E. Otis, a judge thereof, to review an order of said court overruling the objections of relators to an assessment for street paving, made by the board of public works of the city of St. Paul, and directing judgment against the property of relators. This proceeding is the taking of property without due process of law.
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Certiorari to the district court for Ramsey county and Honorable Charles E. Otis, a judge thereof, to review an order of said court overruling the objections of relators to an assessment for street paving, made by the board of public works of the city of St. Paul, and directing judgment against the property of relators. This proceeding is the taking of property without due process of law. See State v. District Court, 29 Minn. 62; State v. District Court, 51 Minn. 539. The exaction from the owner of private property of the cost of a public improvement in substantial excess of the benefits…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
1. In the brief of relators5 counsel we find the following clear and concise statement of this case, and of the objections on which they rely. As it cannot be improved upon, we incorporate it bodily into this opinion:
‘.‘This is a proceeding instituted by the city treasurer, under the *299provisions of the charter, to obtain judgment against certain real estate for the amount of an assessment made by the board of public worts of the city of St. Paul on account of the paving with asphalt of Cedar street from the north line of Second street to the north line of Summit avenue. * * * The objections in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Verdin v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. UllmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Boyd v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Brown v. JenksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- McMillan v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Sullivan v. Roach-Manigan Paving Co. of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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