State ex rel. City of St. Paul v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of certiorari issued from the supreme court upon relation of the city of St. Paul, to review a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, Bunn, J., in favor of objecting land owners, in proceedings by the city treasurer for the enforcement of an assessment upon abutting real estate for constructing, relaying and repairing cement sidewalks.
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Writ of certiorari issued from the supreme court upon relation of the city of St. Paul, to review a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, Bunn, J., in favor of objecting land owners, in proceedings by the city treasurer for the enforcement of an assessment upon abutting real estate for constructing, relaying and repairing cement sidewalks. The grading of streets and the laying of new sidewalks thereon are both initial proceedings in their improvement, and coupling them together seems to indicate clearly that the framers of the charter had only in mind the first or original walk…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Certiorari to review the judgment of the district court of Ramsey county in the matter of proceedings on the part of the municipal authorities of the city of St. Paul to assess the cost and expenses of a sidewalk to abutting property.
The facts are short. It appears that some time prior to the date of the improvement here involved the authorities of the city of St. Paul had ordered the construction of a sidewalk of wooden material along the property in question, which order was duly complied with. Thereafter the sidewalk became out of repair, and repairs were necessary to make it safe and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilkin v. HoustonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
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- State ex rel. Otis v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906