Legal Opinion
City of Staples v. Minnesota Power & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 31, 1936No. 30,544PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stone, Justice.
In this action under the declaratory judgments act (L. 1933, c.' 286, 3 Mason Minn. St. 1934 Supp. §§ 9455-1 to 9455-16) defendant appeals from the judgment for plaintiff annulling the contract in question as far as it remains executory.
Plaintiff is a city of the fourth class under a home rule charter. December 14, 1928, it contracted with defendant for the purchase, during a period of ten years, of electric power for the operation of its municipal plant. That contract, now having but three years (five years Avhen the action was started) to run, the city Avants to avoid. It was…
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