St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-10
A Newspaper Can Change Its
Name Without Losing Its
Legal Identity.
Attorney Heard Overloads
With Real Estate and Is
Forced to Assign.
Elks Haul in the Shekels by
a Dumping Benefit at the
Grand.

The supreme court yesterday disposed
of a case of considerable interest 10
newspaper proprietors, as we'll as OF
much Importance to the citizens of Hen
nepin county. 1t was an appeal in a
case questioning the validity, among
other things, of a delinquent tax list
published in the Minneapolis Daily
Tribune in 1888. 1t was stated that the
county commissioners awarded the pub
LEGATION of the delinquent tax list for
that year to the Minnesota Daily Trib-
une, and prior to the publication of the
list the name of the paper was changed
to Minneapolis Daily Tribune. How
the supreme court diSpOseS of the al
legged inval:dity is succinctly set forth
in the syllabus, which is extremely sat
isfactory to newspaper proprietors. as it
will be to the people of Hennepin
county.
Annie Reimer and Wilhelmina Zieger. ap-
pellants. VS.. Stanford Newell respondent.
Order affirmed. MITCHELL, j.
The meeting of the board of county
commissioners of Hennepin comfy held
that pursuant TO chapter 205, Special
Laws 1887, on the first Monday of
January, is ''their annual meeting in
January" at which they are authorized
to designate the newspaper in which
the delinquent tax list shall be pub
lished. A resolution passed in January,
1884, designating the newspaper in
which the real estate delinquent tax
list for the year 1888" should be pub
iShed, construed as meaning the list of
delinquent taxes for 1888, and
not of taxes for 1882 which
had become delinquent in 1888.
a certified copy of the resolution
designating the newspaper in which the
delinquent tax list shall be published is
all that is required to be filed with the
clerk of the district court. 1t is not
nece ssary to fills a copy of the proceed
lngS of the board Of county commission
erS, showing the vote by which it was
passed and the validity of its passage.
Evidence held to justify finding that
the newspaper in which the delinquent
list was published was the identical one
designated by the board of county COM
miSslonerS. Notwithstanding that. after
the designation and before the publica-
ton, it had changed its name from The
Daily Minnesota Tribune to The
Minneapolis Daily Tribune. The in
validity of section %, chapter 10,
Laws Of 1881. does not affect
the validity of the provisions Of section
II of the act. The notice of expiration
of the time of redemption was issued by
the auditor Of Hennepin county and de-
scribed the land as "lot s. block of
Penneman's addition" without men
tionng the state, county or city, but
stating that it had been sold pursuant
to tax judgment of the district court
Of the county. There was no other adj
dition or subdivision of land in Henne-
pin county plated or known by any
name embracing the word "Penne-
mans" except "Penneman's addition
TO Minneapolis" which was commonly
known TO he designated by the inhabi-
tants of Minneapolis to the general local
public simply as 'Fenneman's addi-
ton" Held that the notice sufficiently
described the property. The return of
the sheriff of Hennepin county in this
case held sufficient 10 warrant the
county auditor to publish the notice
Under the provisions of General Stat
utes, chapter II, section 81, mortgage
may acquire tax title to the mortgaged
premises as against the mortgagor,
where he is neither legally nor equitably
bound to protect the property against
the taxes for which the sale is made