Wells v. County of Boone
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. — Hon. J. L. Kamrar, Judge. Action to enjoin defendant county and its board of supervisors from erecting a courthouse and issuing bonds in the sum of $200,000 to pay for the same. Judgment and decree in the lower court for the plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
— The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of Boone county. The defendants are the board of supervisors, the members of the board, the treasurer and auditor of the county. The action is: (1) To enjoin the defendants from issuing and selling bonds for the erection of a new courthouse; (2) from carrying out a contract for the removal of the old courthouse to a different location on the *379lot that it now occupies to make room for the erection of the new courthouse; (3) from carrying out the terms and provisions of a certain contract made with the Fall City Construction Company for furnishing…
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