State ex rel. Olson v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Alternative writ of mandamus issued by tbe district court for Renville county, on relation of Thomas Olson and others, ■ residents and taxpayers of said county, to compel the respective boards of county commissioners of Renville and Redwood counties jointly to rebuild a bridge across the Minnesota river on a highway connecting said counties.
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Alternative writ of mandamus issued by tbe district court for Renville county, on relation of Thomas Olson and others, ■ residents and taxpayers of said county, to compel the respective boards of county commissioners of Renville and Redwood counties jointly to rebuild a bridge across the Minnesota river on a highway connecting said counties. From an order, 'Powers, J., denying a motion to quash the writ and from an order directing a peremptory writ to issue, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is An appeal by the board of county commissioners of the counties of Renville and Redwood, respectively, from the orders of the district court of the county of Renville refusing to quash an alternative writ of mandamus, and granting a peremptory one, *66requiring them to rebuild the bridge therein designated across the Minnesota river between the two counties.
The sole question here to be decided is whether the facts alleged. in the petition for the writ authorize the issuance of the writ. Such facts, so far as here material, are these: The legislature of this state, in the' year 1889, by an…
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