Hill v. Wolfe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from General Term, Eighth District (Johnson County). Certiorari. — Plaintiffs are stockholders in the Iowa City National Bank, and were such on the first of January, 1869. Defendants are the supervisors of the county of Johnson. This bank is located in Iowa City, and plaintiffs own its entire stock.
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Appeal from General Term, Eighth District (Johnson County). Certiorari. — Plaintiffs are stockholders in the Iowa City National Bank, and were such on the first of January, 1869. Defendants are the supervisors of the county of Johnson. This bank is located in Iowa City, and plaintiffs own its entire stock. In addition to these facts, the petition further states that assessments .were made by the assessors of the city and township, carried upon the lists of said officers, and returned to the proper ofiice as required by law, on and before the third Monday in May, 1869, the same being returned…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
The plaintiffs insist that as no action was taken at the June meeting of the board of supervisors in. *579relation to said assessment, tbe power to make or order the same was at an end, and that the entire proceedings at the September meeting were void. The defendants, on the other hand, maintain that it was their doty to place upon the lists any property omitted by the assessors, and that this duty they were as much bound to, and had as much power to, discharge in September as in June.
And, aside from a point to be hereafter noticed, we have in these propositions the points maintained by the…
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