Hanson v. Village of Adrian
Supreme Court of Minnesota
John H. Hanson and two others served notices of contest, under G. S. 1913, § 529, from the canvass of votes cast at an election in the village of Adrian on March 10, 1914, on the question whether license for the sale of intoxicating liquor should be granted in that village. The defendant village and four individuals were named as contestees.
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John H. Hanson and two others served notices of contest, under G. S. 1913, § 529, from the canvass of votes cast at an election in the village of Adrian on March 10, 1914, on the question whether license for the sale of intoxicating liquor should be granted in that village. The defendant village and four individuals were named as contestees. The matter was heard in the district court for Nobles county before Nelson, J., who overruled the objection of the contestees, appearing specially for that purpose, to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground (1) that the notices of contestants were…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
At an election held in the village of Adrian on the tenth of last March, the question of licensing the sale of intoxicants was submitted to a vote. The village canvassing hoard canvassed the vote and declared that 120 electors had voted in favor of license and 118 against. Within the statutory time contestants instituted this contest wherein the village and four persons, who, it is alleged, unlawfully voted in favor of license, are made contestees. The trial resulted in findings that the four persons named as contestees unlawfully voted at the election and that each one cast a vote in favor…
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