State ex rel. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co. v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certiorari to review the action of the district court for Ramsey county, Egan, J., in confirming a reassessment for grading Prior avenue in the city of St. Paul. The land reassessed for the grading was described in the notice for judgment as “the easterly 146 feet of that part of” certain subdivisions of governmental sections, “except Prior avenue, being in St. Paul, Minnesota.”
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Certiorari to review the action of the district court for Ramsey county, Egan, J., in confirming a reassessment for grading Prior avenue in the city of St. Paul. The land reassessed for the grading was described in the notice for judgment as “the easterly 146 feet of that part of” certain subdivisions of governmental sections, “except Prior avenue, being in St. Paul, Minnesota.” The relator is a railway company within State v. District, 54 Minn. 34, although its functions are limited. Its property is railroad property, to be regarded as the property of its component percentage paying members…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Certiorari to review the action of the district court in overruling relator’s objections, and ordering judgment against its property for an assessment for grading Prior avenue. Four general objections to the assessment and to the application for judgment were interposed in the district court and are urged here, viz.: (1) That the description of the land assessed was indefinite and insufficient; (2) that the assessment was arbitrary and unequal, and the result of fraud, a mistake of fact, or of adopting an illegal principle; (3) that the land was exempt from such taxes and assessments because…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- County of Ramsey v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- County of Todd v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- City of St. Paul v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
3Cited by22 opinions
- Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Village of Edina v. JosephSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- Southern California Telephone Co. v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
- In Re Assessment for Improving Superior StreetSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- State ex rel. Wheeler v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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