City of Crookston v. Crookston Water Works, Power & Light Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $10,014.54. Defendant’s demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action was sustained by Watts, J. From the order sustaining the demurrer the city of Crooks-ton appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
Appeal from an order sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint. The action was brought to recover various sums paid by the city of Crookston to defendant upon claims for deficiency earnings on certain water main extensions in the streets of the city, and also to compel defendant to pay into the city treasury certain license fees upon its gross earnings from August 1, 1918, to December 31, 1919.
The city was organized under chapter 13, p. 14, Sp. Laws 1879. A subsequent act of the legislature, approved March 9, 1885, repealed the act of 1879 and gave the city an entirely new charter, but…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Reed v. City of AnokaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- City of Joseph v. Joseph Water Works Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1910
- Kearney v. Oregon R. & N. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1911
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of MobileU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama · 1907
- Anoka Water Works, Electric Light & Power Co. v. City of AnokaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1901
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