State ex rel. Merrick v. District Court of Hennepin County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of certiorari, issued on the application of Sarah B. Merrick, and directed to the district court for Hennepin county.
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Writ of certiorari, issued on the application of Sarah B. Merrick, and directed to the district court for Hennepin county. From the return made the following facts appear: From August 28, 1883, to September 4, 1883, the Board of Park Commissioners of Minneapolis caused to be published daily, in the Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published in Minneapolis, a notice that it would, on September 5, 1883, apply to the district court for Hennepin county for the appointment of three park assessors to assess the sum of $147,-125.72, ascertained as the amount required for the purchase and…
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
Certiorari to the district court of Hennepin county. The proceedings tobe reviewed were had under an act of thelegislature, (Sp. Laws 1883, c. 281,) providing for the acquisition of lands for public parks in the city of Minneapolis, and for making special assessments of the cost upon property benefited thereby. The relator is the owner of lands upon which such assessments were made. We here indicate the nature of this enactment, so far as it is necessary to be considered in the decision of the case. The act creates a board of park commissioners consisting of certain persons named, together…
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