Epeneter v. Montgomery County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Montgomery District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. The defendant, Montgomery county, having been duly authorized by law, by the electors of said county, did, through its board of supervisors, proceed to erect a court house in the city of Red Oak, in said county. Plans and specifications prepared by Id. C. Koch & Co., architects, of Milwaukee, Wis., were selected, and said firm employed as the architects of the building.
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Appeal from Montgomery District Court. — Hon. N. W. Macy, Judge. The defendant, Montgomery county, having been duly authorized by law, by the electors of said county, did, through its board of supervisors, proceed to erect a court house in the city of Red Oak, in said county. Plans and specifications prepared by Id. C. Koch & Co., architects, of Milwaukee, Wis., were selected, and said firm employed as the architects of the building. The contract for the erection of said building was awarded to the defendants, Richards & Co., a firm composed of James Richards and G. I. Leveille, of Omaha, 1…
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
3 I. As to the claim of Welsháns & Gibson, appellee contends that these defendants have served no notice of appeal. This contention is well founded. They presented their claim to the court below, by way of a cross-petition. The only notice of appeal is given by the plaintiff. While it is true that counsel appearing for the plaintiff, also appeared in the lower court for said cross-petitioners, that fact does not relieve said cross-petitioners from serving notice of, an appeal from the decree of the court below in case they desired to question its correctness in this court. Not having done so,…
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