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150 Minn. 524

In re Johnson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 10, 1921

Supreme Court of Minnesota · decided 1921-08-10

Upon the relation of John G. Johnson and others the district court for Lyon county granted its writ of certiorari directed to the county board of that county to review the action of the board in designating a certain highway in that county as a state road and an order of the state commissioner of highways in consenting thereto. From an order dismissing the writ, Olson, J., relators appealed.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1951

2 state decisions

Relies on State ex rel. Hardy v. Clough · Johnson v. St. Paul City Railway Co. · State ex rel. Sholund v. Mayor & Common Council

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The motion of the county of Lyon to dismiss the appeal… · Decided 1921-08-10

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Per Curiam.

¶1The trial court issued a writ of certiorari to review the action of the county board of Lyon county in designating a certain highway in said county as a state road and also to review the order of the state commissioner of highways consenting to such designation. On the return the court discharged and dismissed the writ. The relators appeal. Respondents move to dismiss the appeal. The case is to be determined on the record made by the officers whose action is sought to be reviewed. State v. City of Duluth, 125 Minn. 425, 147 N. W. 820. On the record we see no question presented except the question whether the county board acted wisely in designating the road in question a state road and whether the commissioner of highways acted wisely in consenting to such designation. These questions are not judicial but purely legislative and are not reviewable by the court on certiorari.

¶2See Sinclair v. Board of County Commissioners of Winona County, 23 *525Minn. 404, 23 Am. Rep. 694; Christlieb v. County of Hennepin, 41 Minn. 142, 42 N. W. 930; State v. Clough, 64 Minn. 378, 67 N. W. 202.

¶3The appeal is therefore manifestly without merit and on that ground should be dismissed.

¶4See Johnson v. St. Paul City Ry. Co. 68 Minn. 408, 71 N. W. 619; Kennedy v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. 100 Minn. 144, 110 N. W. 624.

¶5Appeal dismissed.

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