Loomis v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, voters of Delaware county, petitioned the board of supervisors to submit to the electors of the county the question of the relocation of the county seat, whether it should be removed from Delhi to Manchester. Proof of the genuineness of the signatures and the qualifications of the signers accompanied the petition.
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Appeal from Delaware Circuit Court. The plaintiffs, voters of Delaware county, petitioned the board of supervisors to submit to the electors of the county the question of the relocation of the county seat, whether it should be removed from Delhi to Manchester. Proof of the genuineness of the signatures and the qualifications of the signers accompanied the petition. A remonstrance against the removal of the' county seat was presented to the board of supervisors, which was also accompanied by proof of the qualifications of the signers and the genuineness of their signatures. At the same time…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. In determining the number of petitioners for the relqcation of the county seat and remonstrants against it, *402the supervisors refused to consider the paper presented to them, and which is designated by both parties in their pleadings and arguments as a re-petition. This was signed by persons who had remonstrated against submitting the question to the voters of the co'unty — whose names appeared upon the remonstrance submitted to the supervisors. This action was held correct by the Circuit Court, and the ruling is made the first ground of objection to its decision.
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