Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Brun v. Oftedal

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 9, 1898No. Nos. 11,008-(30)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Information in the nature of quo warranto in the district court for Hennepin county to oust Sven Oftedal, Olaf Hoff, Ole Paulson, Theodor Helgeson and Andrew Knutson from the offices of trustees of a corporation called the Augsburg Seminary and to induct relators into said offices. The case was tried before Russell, J., who found and ordered judgment in favor of relators. From an order, McGee, J., denying a motion for a new trial, respondents appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

MITCHELL, J.1

This proceeding is an information in the nature of quo warranto, instituted by the relators against the respondents (appellants here) to oust them from the offices of trustees of a corporation called the Augsburg Seminary, and to induct the relators into the offices. The very voluminous record contains a vast amount of matter which we consider wholly irrelevant to the issues.

The following statement contains all the facts that are at all material: The Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America was a voluntary unincorporated association, composed of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Green v. Knife Falls Boom Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
  2. State v. SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Spence v. UTAH STATE AGR. COLLEGEUtah Supreme Court · 1950
  2. State Ex Rel. Peterson v. QuinlivanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  3. State ex rel Freeman v. CarveySupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  4. State Ex Rel. Brewster v. OstranderOregon Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Viiliainen v. American Finnish Workers SocietySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952

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