Getchell v. Supervisors of Polk County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Cireukt Court, The board of supervisors of Polk county raised the assessment of Des Moines township ten per cent. The plaintiffs, who are the owners of a large amount of real estate in the township, appealed from the action of the board to the Circuit Court, by which the action of the board was reversed. From the judgment of the Circuit Court the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J., 1. TAXATION: powers o?su. pervisors. — The townships of Des Moines and Lee, in Polk county, are both embraced within the city of Des Moines. The former lies upon the west side of the Des JMoines river, and the latter upon the east. Both together constitute one assessorial district, and have but one assessor. Chapter 6, Acts of the Sixteenth General Assembly. The board of supervisors did not raise the assessment of Lee township. In raising the assessment of a part only of the city of Des Moines, to-wit: Des Moines township, it is claimed by appellees that the action of the board was…
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