State ex rel. Young v. Village of Gilbert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Writ of quo warranto from this court to have the pretended incorporation of the village of Gilbert declared void and to have the pretended officers of the village show quo warranto they held their respective offices. The answer virtually admitted all the facts set forth in the information and alleged and relied on them as a justification for the incorporation.
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Writ of quo warranto from this court to have the pretended incorporation of the village of Gilbert declared void and to have the pretended officers of the village show quo warranto they held their respective offices. The answer virtually admitted all the facts set forth in the information and alleged and relied on them as a justification for the incorporation. The answer alleged, inter alia, the territory included was three miles long by one mile wide for two miles of the length and one and one half miles wide for one mile of the length, that this territory comprised 56 forty acre tracts of…
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, X
This was a proceeding in quo warranto to test the validity of the incorporation of the village of Gilbert. The situation will be understood by reference to the accompanying plat. The territory includes 2,240 acres, located in the mining district of the Mesaba Range, St. Louis county. The entire tract, except as hereinafter stated,, consists of wild, unimproved, cut-over lands, not specially suitable for agricultural purposes, and not inhabited. The platted portion consists of eighty acres, upon which ninety eight people resided. The Petit mine is located upon the southwest 40 of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. Minnetonka VillageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- St. Paul Gaslight Co. v. Village of SandstoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- State ex rel. Childs v. Village of Fridley ParkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- State ex rel. Young v. Village of HarrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- State ex rel. Douglas v. Village of HollowaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
3Cited by14 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Danielson v. Village of MoundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- State ex rel. Simpson v. Village of DoverSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Hillman v. City of PocatelloIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
- State ex rel. Simpson v. Village of AliceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Grudnosky v. BislowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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