Legal Opinion
STATE EX REL. GOPHER SALES CO. v. City of Austin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 9, 1956No. 36,760PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dell, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in the District Court of Mower County quashing an alternative writ of mandamus previously issued by said court.
The petitioner, Gopher Sales Company, is a corporation. Its business includes the ownership of mechanical amusement devices, pinball machines, and other novelty machines. For 19 years prior to July 1, 1955, it was granted a yearly owner’s license by the City Council of Austin for 80 pinball machines; and for 11 years prior to that time it was engaged in the business of owning and operating such machines in the city…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- The Alexander Co. v. City of OwatonnaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- State v. HovorkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Paron v. City of ShakopeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Stewart v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
- State ex rel. Minces v. SohoenigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Alva Owen Hawkins v. Honorable Joseph R. Moss, Chief JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Bird v. State, Department of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
- Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co. v. NadasdySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Curry v. YoungSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- Curtis Oil v. City of North BranchCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1985
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