Sorknes v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Lewis I. Husebo, a freeholder of School District No. 74, petitioned the boaid of county commissioners of Lac qui Parle county to be set off from that school district and attached to District No.. 94, because the taxes in the former district were so high as to be confiscatory. The petition was granted.
Read the full summary
Lewis I. Husebo, a freeholder of School District No. 74, petitioned the boaid of county commissioners of Lac qui Parle county to be set off from that school district and attached to District No.. 94, because the taxes in the former district were so high as to be confiscatory. The petition was granted. From the order granting the petition, after a rehearing in compliance with a writ of mandamus issued from the district court for Lac qui Parle county, H. L. Sorknes, a member and president of the school board of the Independent School District of Madison, appealed to the district court of that…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
The appellant Husebo presented a petition to the board of county commissioners of Lac qui Parle county, asking that certain lands owned by him be detached from one school district and attached to another. His petition was granted and an order made accordingly. The respondent Sorknes, a freeholder of the district from which appellant was detached, appealed to the district court. On the appeal the order of the board of county commissioners was reversed and judgment entered affirming it. This appeal is from such judgment.
1. An appeal to the district court is authorized by Laws 1915, p.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Diamond v. City of MankatoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Schweigert v. AbbottSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Hunstiger v. KilianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
- Oppegaard v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
3Cited by18 opinions
- State ex rel. Dybdal v. State Securities CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Brazil v. County of SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Rural High School District No. 1 v. School District No. 58Idaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Farrell v. County of SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Thorland v. Independent Consolidated School District No. 44Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.