Supervisors of Maple Lake v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The parties to this action agreed upon a case containing the facts upon which this controversy depended, and presented a submission of the same to the District Court for Wright County for its determination under the statute. The Court decided in favor of the plaintiffs. The defendants remove the cause to this Court by appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
JBy the Court
Berry, J.
The town of Maple Lake, in the county of Wright, was composed of the north half of government township No. 120, and of the south half of government township No. 121, and contained 36 sections of land. On the 5th day of January, 1866, the Commissioners of Wright county upon a petition therefor, organized the whole *406of said township No. 120 into the town of Chatham ; thereby the town of Maple Lake was reduced in area to 18 sections ; this was done without submitting the matter to the electors of Maple Lake, and was clearly in violation of the proviso found in See. 23, page…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Baker v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- State v. SpauldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885