Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Olsen v. Board of Control of State Institutions

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 3, 1902No. Nos. 12,885-(208)PublishedCited by 43 opinions

Proceedings in tbe supreme court in tbe nature of quo warranto to oust and exclude respondents, state board of control and its members, from tbe management of tbe financial affairs of tbe state normal schools, and from interference with tbe state normal school board in tbe exercise of its right to manage said affairs.

1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.

Information by the attorney general, upon the relation of J. W. Olsen, a member of the state normal school board, to test the right of the board of control to manage the financial affairs of the normal schools of this state, as provided in Laws 1901, c. 122. The information sets forth that the board of control is usurping the functions of the normal school board, in making contracts and regulating its finances contrary to law, and thereby intruding upon their rights and franchises. On the return of the writ a motion was made to quash. We have reached a conclusion that renders it unnecessary…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  2. Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  3. The People v. . Simeon DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  4. Johnson v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  5. Sharpless v. Mayor of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  3. The People v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  4. National Surety Co. v. Bratnober Lumber Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Associated Builders & Contractors v. VenturaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000

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