The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
SUMMER TERM ENDS
SUPREME COURT RENDERS TEN
DECISIONS AND ADJOURNS
UNTIL OCT. 1
THREE ST. PAUL CASES SETTLED
Park Improvement Company Of This
City Is Held Responsible for
Claims Amounting to
$39,75I .46.

The supreme court yesterday handed
down ten decisions which very nearly
completes the work of the April term
adjourned TUESDAY OF last week. There
still remain several decisions, which it
is expected will be filed with the clerk
Monday or Tuesday OF next week, and
the justices Of the court and their
stcnographors VIII then enter upon the
summer vacation. which VIII continue
until the opening of the fall term, Oct. !.
Three Of the decisions of yesterday
were upon local cases, the most impor-
tant of these being that Of the London
d Northwestern American Mortgage
company respondent VS.. st. Paul Park
Improvement company ct al, defendants,
~ T. Kirlle ct al, appellants. This case
involved an order of the district court
of Ramsey county adjudgng and allow
ing the claims Of certain creditors
against the Improvement company and
a further order OF the same court levy
ing an assessment upon the stockholders
of that company. The decision, which
Is by Chief Justice Start, aflirns the
judgment of the lower court on all points,
and therefore the company is held la
bic for the claims, which amount to
$50, Isl. &C. and the appellants, w. r. Kirke,
NJ. ID. Miller and the other individual
stockholders must submit to an assess
ment of $50 per snare on all of tho stock
IN the company which they held.
STATE CLAIMS COME FIRST.
In another ST. Paul case, IN which the
decision also is written by Chef Justice
Start, the court holds that assessments
for local improvements are subordinate
to the claim of the state for general
taxes against the same property with
out reference to the time when the state
lien may have accrued. That decision is
spondent. VS. d. a. knowiton and c. D.
Knowlton, appellants, ana is an atiirna-
ton Of the judgment of the lower court
Mr. White claimed title to the property
in question by virtue Of a certificate for
general taxes, and the Messrs. KnowlJOn
also claimed II under a certificate for I'M
paid assessments. Under the decision,
therefore, Mr.. White is victorious
Justice Lewis reverses the municipal
court OF this city in the case Of the city
of St. Paul, respondent VS.. Charles H.
Clark, appellant. Mr.. Clark, as agent
for certain premises at 800 Smith avenue
in this city, was fined under the pro-
visions Of ordinance No. 21H for failure
10 abate a nuisance existing on the
premises within twenty-four hours after
he had been notified by the health de-
partment TO do so. The validity of the
ordinance is upheld by the court, but
IL - lt4u LIlil dS MI. CldIh ulu ilDl
have general control of the premises, and
was merely authorized to rent the prop
erty and collect the rents, he was not
an agent within the full meaning of the
law.
HILLMAN WINS HIS CASE.
In a decision by Justice Lovely the
court afiirms the decision of the district
court of Hennepin county in allowing
IDlrnar1 oul5v for his lary-;ppc
IN the dual capacity of commissioner
and stenOgrapher in the proceedings be-
fore Gov. Lind for the removal of g.
Metcalf from the Office of register Of
deeds of Hennepin county The court
expresses the opinion that Mr.. Hillman
Should be paid the full amount of his
claim, S526.25, either from the governor
contingent fund or by appropriation by
the legislature, but states that there is
no way in which the courts can allow
him any more than the sum provided
for by law for his services as commits
sioner. That is, So a day, or SS5 for the
term he served Mr.. Hillman had an