Basting v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the owners of certain real estate against defendant city, its mayor and city clerk, to restrain the enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of the enterprises enumerated in the opinion within a certain district. The action was begun after the passage of the ordinance by the city council and before it had been sigued and approved by the mayor or published.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county by the owners of certain real estate against defendant city, its mayor and city clerk, to restrain the enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of the enterprises enumerated in the opinion within a certain district. The action was begun after the passage of the ordinance by the city council and before it had been sigued and approved by the mayor or published. An order to show cause why a temporary injunction should not be granted and defendants’ demurrer to the complaint were heard on the return day. The demurrer was overruled…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The charter of the city of Minneapolis authorizes the city council, among other things, “to regulate and designate where the following kinds of business or amusements may be hereafter located or carried on, to wit: Foundries, tanneries, dyehouses, boiler shops, rendering houses, storehouses for oil and powder, glue factories, soaphouses, storehouses for hides, stables, roller rinks and baseball grounds.” On April 27, 1907, the city council duly enacted an ordinance prohibiting the establishment of any industry or amusement of the kind or character mentioned in the foregoing quotation from the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- City of Rushville v. Rushville Natural Gas Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Cooke v. IversonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Nelson v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Cobb v. FrenchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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