State ex rel. City of St. Paul v. District Court Off Ramsey County
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certiorari to review a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, vacating an assessment for local improvements, in tbe city of St. Paul and denying the application of the city treasurer for judgment thereon, entered in pursuance of the decision and order of Bunn, J.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS. J.
The question now presented is whether a certain assessment for local improvements in the city of St. Paul is valid when the acts in reference to such improvements, required by the city charter to be done and performed by the board of public works, have not been done or performed by such board, but, instead thereof, by a person claiming to hold the office of commissioner of public works, an office attempted to be created by Laws 1895, c. 228, a statute held to be unconstitutional in State v. Copeland, 66 Minn. 315, 69 N. W. 27, in which case a writ of ouster was ordered against the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
- State ex rel. Childs v. CopelandSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- State v. City of CamdenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
- Earle v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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