Smith v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceeding in the district court for Renville county by Joseph Smith to contest the validity of an election held July 18, 1894, for changing the county seat of said county. The matter was tried before Webber, J., who found that the county seat was changed by the election. From a judgment entered in pursuance of such findings, the contestant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was a county-seat contest, in which findings of fact and conclusions of law were made and filed in the court below. Pursuant thereto, judgment was entered changing and removing the county seat of Renville county from the village of Beaver Falls, at which place it had theretofore been, to the village of Olivia, and this appeal is from such judgment.
Three questions have been presented and discussed by counsel for the contestant and contestee, and of these three we find it necessary to consider but one, and that is:. Did the proposition for a removal of the county seat receive the required…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re the Senate of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1865
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- Brisbin v. FarmerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
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