State ex rel. Thompson v. Common Council
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certiorari to review the action of the common council of the city of St. Paul in canvassing the votes for school inspectors of that city.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Chapter 87, Sp. Laws 1876, enacts that at each annual election in the city of St. Paul, one school inspector shall be elected in each “aldermanic” district, and that the inspectors thus elected shall together constitute the board of education. To this board the entire control and management of the public schools of the city is committed. The main question in this case is, by whom are the votes cast for the inspectors to be canvassed ? There is no provision of statute expressly providing for any canvass of the votes cast for a school inspector, or of the votes cast for any city officer. There…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sinclair v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
3Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Narveson v. Village of McIntoshSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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- Rader v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905