Smith ex rel. Smith v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of Lyndon A. Smith, as Attorney General, this court issued its writ directed to the city of St. Paul, Winn Powers, S. A. Farnsworth, O. E. Keller, Henry McColl, Anthony Yoerg, M. N. Goss, J. J. O’Leary and W. C. Handy, to show cause quo warranto they claimed to exercise any authority in matters pertaining to schools and libraries in that city.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
This is a quo warranto proceeding commenced in this court on information of the attorney general, to test the constitutionality of certain provisions of the present Commission Charter of the city of St. Paul, and the individual respondents’ right to exercise authority over its public schools and libraries. Respondents moved to quash.
The facts set out in the petition and writ will be accepted as true, and are as follows:' The city has been a municipal corporation for more than 50 years. In 1900 it adopted, pursuant to Const, art. 4, § 36, a Home Rule Charter, which in terms included and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Prout v. StarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- State ex rel. Marr v. StearnsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- City of Winona v. School-District, No. 82Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Wilder v. City of Saint PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1866
- State ex rel. Simpson v. City of MankatoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
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