Roos v. State ex rel. Swenson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
APPEAR FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHISAGO COUNTY. The following is the writ of mandamus issued in this cause: The State of Minnesota : To Oscar Roos, Register of Deeds of said County of Chi-sago, greeting: The Plaintiff in this proceeding, Andrew Swenson, citizen, resident, householder, and legal voter of said county of Chisago, has filed with us his certain affidavit in this behalf made, and our said District Court has been pleased thereupon to grant this our high…
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APPEAR FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHISAGO COUNTY. The following is the writ of mandamus issued in this cause: The State of Minnesota : To Oscar Roos, Register of Deeds of said County of Chi-sago, greeting: The Plaintiff in this proceeding, Andrew Swenson, citizen, resident, householder, and legal voter of said county of Chisago, has filed with us his certain affidavit in this behalf made, and our said District Court has been pleased thereupon to grant this our high prerogative writ of mandamus. And true it is,— That the said Andrew Swenson is, and for a long time has been, a citizen,…
1Opinion of the Court
By fKe Court —
ElaNdbau, J.
— The question presented by this appeal is one oí very considerable importance to the State at large, and has enlisted our earnest endeavors to arrive at a correct determination. We have viewed it in all its legitimate bearings, and applied such rules of. interpretation to the provision of the Constitution involved, as are sanctioned by law and judicial decision, with a desire on our part to sustain the act of the legislature brought into question, if possible, without doing violence to the organic law.
Previous to the adoption of our Constitution, the legislative…
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