State ex rel. Simpson v. Village of Dover
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The attorney general, on behalf of the state, petitioned this court for a writ of quo warranto to require the respondent village and its officers to show quo warranto they held and exercised their respective offices, and on return of the writ that they be ousted therefrom and the incorporation of the respondent village be declared void.
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The attorney general, on behalf of the state, petitioned this court for a writ of quo warranto to require the respondent village and its officers to show quo warranto they held and exercised their respective offices, and on return of the writ that they be ousted therefrom and the incorporation of the respondent village be declared void. Among other allegations, the petition alleged that ninety-nine acres of unplatted land, lying north of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad track, and belonging to one estate, were entirely separated and cut off from access to the platted part of the village by…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This proceeding was commenced to test the validity of the incorporation of the village of Dover. The territory is one mile square, and includes the east quarter of section 21 and the west three quarters of section 22, in Dover township, Olmsted county. At the time of incorporation, in December, 1908, the platted portion comprised seventy-five acres in a compact body, as will appear from the plat. The' unplatted portion consists of five hundred sixty-five acres, mostly to the south and east of the village proper. To be more accurate, it is about one hundred sixty rods from Oak street to the…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- State v. Minnetonka VillageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- State v. Boston, Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
- State ex rel. Simpson v. Village of AliceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Fallon v. FallonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- State ex rel. Childs v. Village of Fridley ParkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Schweigert v. AbbottSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Perkins v. IngalsbeTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- Thorland v. Independent Consolidated School District No. 44Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- In Re Certain School Districts, Freeborn CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Grudnosky v. BislowSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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