State ex rel. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Municipal Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the Great Northern Railway Company the district court for St. Louis county granted an alternative writ of mandamus directing the municipal court of the city of Duluth and the judges of that court to proceed with the trial of the action mentioned in the opinion. From an order sustaining the demurrer of respondents to the petition and alternative writ, Eesler, J., relator appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Duluth and Hibbing, in St. Louis county, have municipal courts organized respectively under special and general laws, both having jurisdiction throughout the county to determine actions for injuries to personal property where the damages claimed do not exceed $500. In November, 1913, one Juntonen commenced an action in the Hibbing municipal court against relator, a domestic corporation, upon a transitory cause of action arising in the county, within the jurisdiction of both courts mentioned. • In due time relator filed an affidavit *226and demanded, under Gr. S. 1913, § 272, a change of venue to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schoch v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Taylor v. Grand Lodge A. O. U. W.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
3Cited by2 opinions
- Cashman v. HedbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
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