Linster v. Luecke

Defendants, the auditor and board of county commissioners of Rice county, appeal from the judgment enjoining the letting of a contract to raze the Avails of the courthouse, destroyed by fire, and to erect a neAv fireproof structure upon the site of the one destroyed.

In Faribault, the county seat of Rice county, a brick and stone courthouse Avas built in 1874. It was not fireproof. In 1924 there Avere added to the east and west sides fireproof additions or wings, each about 18 feet Avide inside measure, tAvo stories and basement, and of fireproof construction, to serve as vaults for records.…