Board of Supervisors v. Heenan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This was an application by' the Board of Supervisors of Ramsey County, against Edward Heenan, Register of Deeds of said county, for a peremptory writ of Mandamus, requiring Mm to deliver up certain books and papers in Ms office relating to sales of lands for taxes; to the custody of which books and papers the Petitioners claimed to be entitled, by virtue of their organization under the “Township Act” of August 13,1858. The questions arising upon the argument are presented in…
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This was an application by' the Board of Supervisors of Ramsey County, against Edward Heenan, Register of Deeds of said county, for a peremptory writ of Mandamus, requiring Mm to deliver up certain books and papers in Ms office relating to sales of lands for taxes; to the custody of which books and papers the Petitioners claimed to be entitled, by virtue of their organization under the “Township Act” of August 13,1858. The questions arising upon the argument are presented in the Opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Elandrau, J.
The Defendant is the Register of Deeds of Ramsey County, and this is an application for a peremptory writ of Mandamus to compel Mm to deliver to the Board of Supervisors certain books and papers relating to the taxes of the County. The application is made under Section 9 of the Act of August 13,1858, page 206 Laws 1858. Against the issuing of the writ, it is urged that the Act of August 13, 1858, is unconstitutional, in not having been read on three different days in each house of the Legislature, and twice at length; in not having been voted for by a majority of all…
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