Minnesota Transfer Railway Co. v. City of St. Paul

I dissent. Sections 241 and 242 of the Saint Paul charter require that, upon approval of the petition for the improvement, but before the final order granting the petition, a public hearing must be had upon the public necessity for, and the feasibility of, the project, at which all interested persons shall be heard. Such hearing is judicial in character. It was had on February 29, 1916. It is conceded that appellant received the post-card notice thereof, but at that time it was not aninterested party. It had no legal right to be heard. We are here dealing with legal propositions, and at the…