Webster v. County of Washington
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court for Washington county, to restrain the defendant from opening and working a certain highway over their land. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained by Crosby, J., and the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
This-action is sought to be maintained upon the ground that the action of the defendant board in establishing the highway in question was controlled by the vote and influence of one Cover — one of its members, and its chairman — and that it was predicated upon a petition which was not only sjgned by the said Cover individually, but was gotten up, circulated and presented to the board principally through his efforts and influence, he having at the time a personal interest in the laying-out of the road, and being governed, in such his individual and official acts and doings, alone by motives of…
2Cited by5 opinions
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