Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-07-28
SUIT AGAINST The CITY
Aeram, Pike Creek and
Mount Morris by Little
Falls Town
A MUCH TANGLED AFFAIR
Over Interest and Principal
Of Bridge Bonds Of

its attorney, f.. n A1108, mas com.
menced suit against the City Of: Little
Falls, and towns. of Pike Creek,
Agraln and Mount Morris in the dis
trict court to recover money which 1T
CLAIMS to have paid out for them as
their proportionate share of interest
on bonds and the bonds themselves as
they matured issued September l, 1883
for the raising of IS, 600 for the con-
strucion of the old Broadway bridge
across the Mississippi river. major
ity of the voters of the towns of which
they formed q part having voted in
favor of them at an election held Feb.
5, 1880.
The bonds were payable in rs years
and bore interest at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum. The first ten years
after their issuance levy was to be
made by the town of Little Falls, for
money to- pay interest only on the
bonds, but during the next fifteen
years in addition thereto a certain
amount TO 20 towards sinking fund
to bc created for the purpose OF paying
the principal on the bonds at matur-
ity. Provision was also made, accord
ing to the complaint, that IN case of
separation, each part so separated from
the town Of Little Falls should levy its
part towards the bonds proportioned
according to assessed valuation of each
described portion.
July 25, 1882 the town OF Pike
Creek was organized out Of twp. 1922
N, Rye. 20 w and twp. 129 N, Rge. 30
w, of Little Falls town. July %, 1885
the town of Cleveland was organized
from the part OF Little Falls town.
which Jan. 5, 1856 was changed to
Fish Lake and Aug 16. 1886 was
again changed to Agram as now com.
prised. March II, 1895 Mt. Morris as
now comprised was organized out OF
part Of Little Falls town, and on
March II, 1889 the city of Little Falls
was organized out of Sec and = and
VIZ Of NW4 and VIZ of Sec. II, and
lots and and SE4 Of NE4 Of Sec.
1S, twp. 40, Rge. 80 W, of Little Falls
town, and Sec. II, IL, ~, twp. 1923 N,
Kge. 20 W, of Pike Creek town. Up
to the year 1902 the complaint cites
that levy was made and money raised
by each of these towns and the city for
the bridge bonds, but from that time
and to 1905 inclusive no levy was
made by them, the whole
burden falling on the town
of Little Falls, ana CnaC IN lSO0 ana
1907 their proportionate levy was not
correct, Which difference the town OF
Little Falls paid.
Little Falls town s claim against the
city of Little Falls totals $3, 656. 93,
which with interest from Septem Der l,
1908, the date of payment of the bonds.
of $639. 3d. comes to 81, 296. rs, a judg-
ment for which it asks from the dis
trict court.
The amount the towns are sued for
are: Pike Creek $528.08 Agram
S272. 33, Mt Morris 1924. 81.
The above action CON es as COM
plete surprise to the city and towns, as
they were in ignorance that anything
had been omitted in making the annual
levies for the year in question and the
merits OF the case have not as yet
been looked into.
1t is a complicated affair and will
doubtless cause considerable litigation,
as during those years tho city has
grown in greater proportion in amount
of taxable property than the towns.