Harrison County v. Ogden
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Harrison District Gouri.— Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action to enjoin the payment of bridge fund warrants which were issued to the defendant Reiff, while he was a member of the board of supervisors of Harrison county. Judgment for' the plaintiff. Defendant Reiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwin, J.—
The warrants involved in this case were all issued to the defendant Reiff while he was a member of the board of supervisors of the plaintiff county. Some of them covered work done by his team, and others were issued to him for labor performed by others; the claim or demand therefor having been purchased by him at a discount. The warrants were declared to be illegal, and, so far as they concerned the work of the defendant’s team, the judgment is not assailed, except on the ground of an alleged estoppel which we shall hereinafter discuss. Aside from the question of estoppel, the…
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