State ex rel. Briggs v. McIlraith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon petition to the district court for Polk county by tbe members of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of tbe city of East Grand Forks, and Bobert Braitbewait, tbe court granted an alternative writ of mandamus directed to James licllraith, as treasurer of that city, requiring him to pay to said Braitbewait a certain warrant for $47.25, which bad been issued by said commission and countersigned by tbe acting city clerk, or show cause why be bad not done so.
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Upon petition to the district court for Polk county by tbe members of the Water, Light, Power and Building Commission of tbe city of East Grand Forks, and Bobert Braitbewait, tbe court granted an alternative writ of mandamus directed to James licllraith, as treasurer of that city, requiring him to pay to said Braitbewait a certain warrant for $47.25, which bad been issued by said commission and countersigned by tbe acting city clerk, or show cause why be bad not done so. Tbe matter was beard before Watts, J., who made findings and ordered a peremptory writ to issue. From an order denying…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J.,
Proceedings in mandamus to compel tbe treasurer of tbe city of East Grand Forks to pay a certain order or warrant drawn by the city water, light, and building commission. The trial court ordered judgment for a peremptory writ, and defendant appealed from an order denying a new trial.
Tbe city of East Grand Forks was duly created and organized under tbe provisions of chapter 8, p. 16, Laws 1895, and contains a population of less than ten thousand inhabitants. On November 22, 1909, tbe city council thereof duly passed a resolution creating a water, light, and building-commission, as…
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- Fulton v. Town of AndreaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Lodgord v. City Of East Grand ForksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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