State ex rel. Hahn v. St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Quo warranto. The writ required the respondent to show cause why its charter, liberties, privileges and franchises should not be adjudged and decreed forfeited to the state, and its existence as a corporation annulled.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
In this case the jurisdiction of this court to issue writs of quo warranto is for the first time brought in question. The act conferring on the court the power to issue the writ was passed in 1876. The constitution (section 2, art. 6) prescribes that the court shall have “original jurisdiction in such remedial cases as may be prescribed by law, and appellate jurisdiction in all cases, both in law and equity, but there shall be no trial by jury in said court.” It is evident that the term “remedial cases” has here but a limited signification, and cannot extend to all remedies for wrongs; for a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mississippi Rafting Co. v. AnkenySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
3Cited by11 opinions
- State ex rel. Clapp v. Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Lading v. City of DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
- State ex rel. Young v. Village of KentSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Ogden Levee Dist.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- State ex rel. Hahn v. Minnesota Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
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