State v. McGuire
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In proceedings in the district court for Renville county to enforce payment of taxes on certain real estate remaining delinquent on the first Monday in January, 1909, defendant answered that, except as to the amount of general taxes, the amount claimed constituted the benefits assessed, without notice and pursuant to Laws 1905, c. 230, § 26, against his land by the county commissioners of that county for benefits caused by the repair of a certain public ditch, and the…
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In proceedings in the district court for Renville county to enforce payment of taxes on certain real estate remaining delinquent on the first Monday in January, 1909, defendant answered that, except as to the amount of general taxes, the amount claimed constituted the benefits assessed, without notice and pursuant to Laws 1905, c. 230, § 26, against his land by the county commissioners of that county for benefits caused by the repair of a certain public ditch, and the assessment was void and the statute cited unconstitutional. The case was tried before Powers, L, who made findings and as…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
In 1898, in proceedings had for that purpose, the board of county commissioners of Renville county duly laid out and constructed a drainage ditch, known and described in the record as “County Ditch No. 2.” Lands now owned by appellant, but then owned by one Gronnerud, being benefited by the ditch, were, with other lands adjoining thereto, duly assessed for the benefits so accruing. Thereafter, in July, 1905, one Brunner, an owner of land affected by the ditch, appeared before the board of county commissioners and represented that the ditch had become obstructed by the accumulation of grass…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Campbell v. DwigginsIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Yeomans v. RiddleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- McMillan v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Fries v. BrierIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
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