State ex rel. Jonason v. Crosby
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Order issued by the supreme court upon relation of P. S. Jonason, requiring respondents, as judge and clerk respectively of the district court for Chisago county, to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue restraining them from further proceeding in the matter of establishing a drainage ditch.
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Order issued by the supreme court upon relation of P. S. Jonason, requiring respondents, as judge and clerk respectively of the district court for Chisago county, to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue restraining them from further proceeding in the matter of establishing a drainage ditch. Chapter 258, Laws 1901, as amended by chapter 38, Laws 1902, is unconstitutional and void so far as said chapter as amended attempts to confer on district courts and the judges and clerks thereof jurisdiction or power to order the establishment of ditches or drains. The act of 1901 does…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Proceedings were duly commenced in the district court of Chisago county under the provisions of chapter 258, p. 413, Laws 1901, as amended by chapter 38, p. 901, Laws 1902, for the purpose of establishing a ditch extending from said county into Washington county. After certain steps had'been taken therein, relator obtained from this court an order to show cause why a writ of prohibition should not issue to' the court below, requiring it to desist and refrain from further steps therein.
Two questions respecting the constitutionality of the act of the legislature under which the proceedings are…
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