Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Anderson v. Sullivan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 29, 1898No. Nos. 11,084-(234)PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal by respondent from an order of tbe district court for Ramsey county, Olin B. Lewis, J., granting a peremptory writ of mandamus.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

Mandamus to compel the county auditor of Bamsey county to issue to the relator a warrant for Ms salary as county attorney at the rate of $5,500 per annum, as fixed by Sp. Laws 1887, c. 363. The county auditor answered to the alternative writ (1) that the act of 1887 was repealed by Laws 1895, c. 301, under which the county commissioners had fixed the salary of county attorney at $4,000; (2) that the act of 1887 was unconstitutional; and (3) that the relator had by his conduct estopped himself from claiming salary at the rate fixed by the act of 1887. Upon the hearing the relator contended (1)…

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Com'rs v. CooleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
  2. State ex rel. Childs v. CopelandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
  3. State ex rel. City of Duluth v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  4. Bowe v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
  5. Sharp v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1891

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Visina v. FreemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  2. State ex rel. Douglas v. WestfallSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
  3. Minneapolis Gas Co. v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
  4. Arens v. Village of RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
  5. Associated Builders & Contractors v. VenturaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000

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