Woodbridge v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to restrain the city and its officers from issuing certain municipal bonds, from proceeding to let a contract for a certain sewer and from purchasing a certain automobile. From an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Appeal by the plaintiff from an order sustaining a general demurrer to his complaint, in an action brought by him as a taxpayer of Duluth, for an injunction restraining the city officers from (1) issuing $100,000 of water and light bonds; (2) from extending a certain sewer; and (3) from purchasing an automobile for the fire department.
On December 3, 1912, the city of Duluth, which theretofore had been operating under a home rule charter, with a mayor and a city council of 16 aldermen, having the usual powers, adopted a charter for a commission form of government, whereby its powers were…
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