State ex rel. Morrison County Agricultural Ass'n v. Iverson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the Morrison County Agricultural Association, the district court for Ramsey county issued its alternative writ of mandamus directed to Samuel G. Iverson, auditor of the state of Minnesota, directing him to execute and deliver to relator his warrant or voucher for $428 or show cause why he had not done so.
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Upon the relation of the Morrison County Agricultural Association, the district court for Ramsey county issued its alternative writ of mandamus directed to Samuel G. Iverson, auditor of the state of Minnesota, directing him to execute and deliver to relator his warrant or voucher for $428 or show cause why he had not done so. The respondent made answer, alleging, among other matters, that the Morrison County Agricultural Co-operative Society was duly incorporated and in.all respects complied with the laws applicable to such society; that it succeeded the Little Falls Street Fair Association,…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
It has been the settled policy of the state, as indicated by its legislation for many years, in order to stimulate interest in agriculture and in the state agricultural society, to donate money for the purpose of encouraging the holding of a fair in its several counties. This appears from the statutes which have been called to our attention by counsel in support of their contentions.
The first act so referred to is Laws 1897, p. 97, c. 86, which passed into R. L. 1905, with slight changes, as section 3098, which section appropriates $14,000 to county agricultural societies and others, to> be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hamilton v. RathboneSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
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