State ex rel. Townsend v. Board of Park Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by the relator from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Holt, J., overruling a demurrer to the answer.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Proceedings in mandamus to compel the board of park commissioners of the city of Minneapolis to resume the duties imposed upon it respecting the maintenance and management of the public parkway of that city known as Hennepin Boulevard.
It appears from the pleadings, among other things, that the board of park commissioners of the city of Minneapolis was created and organized pursuant to chapter 281, p. 404, Sp. Laws 1883. That statute authorized, in general terms, the park board to acquire for park and parkway purposes lands adjacent to or within the city, either by purchase, donation, or…
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