Hibbs v. Board of Directors of Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska, District Court. — Hon. D.- Hyan, Judge.. Action to compel the defendants and their successor® in office to certify forthwith the amount of a tax voted for school-house purposes. The district court dismissed the plaintiff’s petition, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The district township of Adams is’ divided into eight subdistricts. In each of these there is "a school house The village of Lacey, a station on the Iowa Cen*307tral Railroad, is situated near the west line of the township, about a mile and one-half from the school house in that sub-district, and has sixteen or seventeen pupils of school age. At the regular annual meeting of the electors of. the district township held March 8, 1897, it was voted “that there be levied a tax by Adams township to build a school house at Lacey, not to cost more than seven hundred ($700) dollars.” Twenty-one votes…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Huff v. CookSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
- Benjamin v. District Township of MalakaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Lyons v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Odendahl v. RussellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1892
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