State ex rel. Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. v. Ames
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued out of tbe district court for Hennepin county on tbe relation of Minnesota Loan & Trust Company, and others, to compel A. A. Ames, as mayor of tbe city of Minneapolis, to sign certain municipal bonds authorized by tbe city council. From a judgment entered pursuant to an order, Elliott, J., directing tbe issue of a peremptory writ, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Appeal from a judgment in a mandamus proceeding to compel tbe mayor of tbe city of Minneapolis to sign bonds of tbe city for |150,000.
Laws 1901, c. 134, substantially provides that tbe council of each *24and every city of this state now or hereafter having fifty thousand inhabitants may, upon certain conditions and prerequisites to be complied with, issue its bonds for the purpose of anticipating local improvements where special assessments are to be made upon the property benefited; the bonds to be sold, their proceeds placed in the city treasury to constitute a special fund to be.used for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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