Legal Opinion
Schatz v. City Council of City of New England
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1953No. 7350PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURKE, Judge.
This is a taxpayers’ suit in which the plaintiffs sought to enjoin the City of New England from selling its electric utility property to the Montana-Dakota ■ Utilities Company. The proposal to purchase the property was filed by the Montana-Dakota Utilities Company with the city on June 4, .1951. On August 6, 1951 the city council, by its Resolution No. 108, resolved to submit the proposal to the qualified electors of the city at a special election to be held on September 18, 1951. The question submitted was:
“Shall the City of New England, Hettinger County, North Dakota, sell to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Stern v. City of FargoNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
- Green v. City of Rock HillSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
- Colwell v. City of Great FallsMontana Supreme Court · 1945
- Quackenbush v. City of CheyenneWyoming Supreme Court · 1937
- Smart v. Graham, City ComptrollerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hermann v. City of Lake MillsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
- Kalmbach v. City of MobridgeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1964
- Brusegaard v. SchroederNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
- Ross v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, Circuit Court of the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Duval County1959