Penney v. County of Hennepin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In the matter of the claim of Frederick C. Penney against the county of Hennepin, the board of county commissioners for that county allowed $24,056.68. Prom the decision of the board the county attorney, on behalf of the county, appealed to the district court, where the respondent’s motion to dismiss the appeal was granted by Steele, J. -Prom the judgment of dismissal, the county of Hennepin appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Chapter 388, p. 1005, Sp. Laws 1891, recited that Frederick C. Penney and Joseph Badger, of the city of Minneapolis, did during the years 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887, expend large sums of money in filling and grading the streets, avenues and alleys in Badger and Penney’s Addition to Minneapolis, and Badger and Penney’s Second Addition to Minneapolis, by reason whereof the taxable valuation of the property in said *149additions was greatly enhanced and the taxes thereon correspondingly increased; that the taxes for the years 1884 to 1890, both inclusive, have been unjust, unequal and excessive; that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State ex rel. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Merz v. County of WrightSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- City of Fergus Falls v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Old Second National Bank v. Town of MiddletownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Ryan v. County of DakotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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