Leighton v. Abell

1 Reported in 31 N.W.2d 646. There are before us two appeals from the same judgment. The case below was tried before the court on a complaint seeking judgment declaring M.S.A. 410.23, 410.24, 410.25 unconstitutional insofar as those sections purport to authorize the submission and acceptance of a "new charter" or "revised" home rule charter in any other manner than as prescribed by Minn. Const. art. 4, § 36, which authorizes the adoption of home rule charters by cities and villages. It also sought a determination of whether a certain proposal by the Minneapolis Charter Commission constituted…