Davidson v. Patnaude
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to restrain defendant' boiler inspectors from sealing a boiler in a certain apartment house for nonpayment of inspection charges. Defendants’ demurrer to the complaint was sustained, Jelley, J., and an application for a temporary injunction was denied. From the order sustaining the demurrer, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
Appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint and refusing to grant an application for a temporary injunction.
Plaintiff owns an eight-family apartment house in the city of Minneapolis, heated by means of a low pressure steam boiler, which is under his personal management. The defendants are respectively, the chief, a deputy, and a district boiler inspector of this state. Without the knowledge or consent of the plaintiff, they caused his boiler to be inspected, demanded payment of the inspection fee fixed by the statute, and threatened to seal up the boiler and prevent…
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- Peckham v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1904
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