Minnesota Linseed Oil Co. v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff in its‘complaint alleges that it is a corporation, duly organized, &c., that the defendant, Palmer, is treasurer of Hennepin county, that the defendant, the City of Minneapolis, is a municipal corporation, &c., and that the plaintiff is the owner of certain lots in block 107, in that city, having a frontage of three hundred and thirty feet on Washington avenue, between Rice street, (or Ninth avenue south,) and Smith street, (or Tenth avenue south.) That the…
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The plaintiff in its‘complaint alleges that it is a corporation, duly organized, &c., that the defendant, Palmer, is treasurer of Hennepin county, that the defendant, the City of Minneapolis, is a municipal corporation, &c., and that the plaintiff is the owner of certain lots in block 107, in that city, having a frontage of three hundred and thirty feet on Washington avenue, between Rice street, (or Ninth avenue south,) and Smith street, (or Tenth avenue south.) That the defendant, the city of Minneapolis, by its city council, claiming to act by and under authority of its charter, ordered and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McMillan, Ch. J.
This is an action in the nature of a suit in equity, in which the plaintiff seeks to obtain a decree, declaring void a certain tax assessed upon its *473real estate, and awarding a perpetual injunction, enjoining tbe defendants from proceeding to sell the plaintiff’s said real estate .to satisfy the tax, and for such other and further relief as it may be entitled to, under the complaint.
To the general rule, that the correction of errors, mistakes, and abuses in the exercise of the powers of subordinate public jurisdictions, and in the official acts of public officers,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Heywood v. . the City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Scott v. . OnderdonkNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Ward v. . DeweyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Crooke v. . AndrewsNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Weller v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1860
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- J.L. Shiely Co. v. County of StearnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
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