State ex rel. Greene v. Hugo
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The common council of the city of Duluth, acting as a canvassing board, having declared that at a general election at which the same were submitted certain proposed amendments to the city charter had not been accepted by the requisite three-fifths of the qualified voters of the city voting at such election, Henry F. .Greene, a qualified elector and member of the charter commission, appealed to the district court for St. Louis county. Thereafter,
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is a contest as to whether two proposed amendments to the charter of the city of Duluth, which were duly submitted to the voters of the city at the general city election of February, 1901, were adopted by the electors, and became a part of the city charter. The trial court held that they were not, and judgment was entered accordingly, from which the contestant appealed.
Each of the proposed amendments received more than three-fifths of the vote cast upon the proposition of the amendments, but less than three-fifths of the total vote cast for any purpose at such election, and the sole…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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