Hoffman v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Proceeding before a justice of tbe peace in the town of Rose, in Ramsey county, under Gen. St. 1878, c. 8é, to dispossess the defendant of certain premises in the city of St. Paul, in that county, into which the defendant had entered under a lease from plaintiff, and which he refused to surrender on the expiration of the lease.
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Proceeding before a justice of tbe peace in the town of Rose, in Ramsey county, under Gen. St. 1878, c. 8é, to dispossess the defendant of certain premises in the city of St. Paul, in that county, into which the defendant had entered under a lease from plaintiff, and which he refused to surrender on the expiration of the lease. The defendant, appearing specially, moved to dismiss the proceeding for want of jurisdiction in the justice of proceedings for unlawful detainer of premises within the' city of ’St. Paul, the defendant alleging that the municipal court of that city alone had…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
1. Laws 1874, c. 67, is 'entitled “An act to amend chapter 84 of the General Statutes, relating to forcible •entries and unlawful detainers.” The chapter thus entitled is in effect an amendment of chapter 84, as respects Ramsey county. Though the title is not as specific as would have been desirable, it expresses, in a general way, the subject of the chapter, and this iá sufficient. State v. Kinsella, 14 Minn. 524.
2. Under Gen. St. 1878, c. 84, any justice of the peace may, within his county, entertain proceedings in forcible entry and detainer. As respects justices of the city of St. Paul an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Stuart v. KinsellaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
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