State ex rel. Stevenson Township v. Nichols
North Dakota Supreme Court
Mandamus to compel delivery of assessor’s books. Appeal from tbe District Court of Morton County. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.^ The method of organizing civil townships provided by § 1 of chapter 112 of the Session Laws of 1833 has been continued in force to the present time in exactly the same language. Comp. Laws, 1913, § 4013. Every township is a body corporate, with rights and powers of local self-government. Comp.
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Mandamus to compel delivery of assessor’s books. Appeal from tbe District Court of Morton County. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.^ The method of organizing civil townships provided by § 1 of chapter 112 of the Session Laws of 1833 has been continued in force to the present time in exactly the same language. Comp. Laws, 1913, § 4013. Every township is a body corporate, with rights and powers of local self-government. Comp. Laws, 1913, § 4083. The cases all seem to express the rule that the legislature, subject to constitutional limitation, has the power to create, divide, alter, or…
1Opinion of the Court
Bruce, Oh. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment denying a peremptory writ of mandamus which was sought by the plaintiff and appellant to compel the defendant, as auditor of the county of Morton, to prepare and deliver to the relators the assessment book as provided by law, and the necessary blanks for the assessment by the assessor of Stevenson township, for the purpose of taxation for the year 1917 of the property within that portion of said Stevenson township located within the territorial limits of said county of Morton.
It is a result of the general election of 1916, which divided Morton…
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- Town of Farley v. Town of BoxvilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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