Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Town of Lowell v. City of Crookston
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 13, 1958No. 37,089PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Magney, Commissioner.
Upon the relation of the town of Lowell in Polk County, with the consent of the attorney general, this court issued a writ of quo warranto to test the validity of an annexation proceeding by the city of Crookston.
On April 24, 1956, a petition was presented to the council of the city of Crookston requesting the council to call an election on the question of annexing to the city of Crookston adjoining territory which was then a part of the town of Lowell. The area sought to be annexed contained a population of 281 persons. The city council adopted a resolution calling for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Park v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Grant v. BerrisfordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Schigley v. City of WasecaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- State ex rel. Freeman v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- State ex rel. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Lilly v. City of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
- Johnson v. City Of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
- Rimarcik v. JohansenDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1970
- Bicking v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
- Bolen v. GlassSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2008
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