State ex rel. Barker v. Meek
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Van Burén District Court. — Hon. D. M. Anderson, Judge. Action to remove defendant from office as county treasurer. There was a directed verdict of guilty, on Avhich judgment of removal was entered, and defendant appeals.
1DissentLadd, J.
(dissenting).- — The foregoing opinion in effect holds that the conscious intentional disregard of official duty is not ground for removal from office unless there also be proven in addition thereto, an evil or corrupt motive. To this I can not yield assent. Nor do I think the authorities cited go to such limit. Moreover, the statement that defendant was not allowed to show good faith on his part is not borne out by the record. ' Counsel did make a formal offer to show that for the past thirty years depository bauks habitually had ordered tax receipts up to and including the last day of-…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. HawkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1890
- Coffey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
- Odin Coal Co. v. DenmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. . KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
- State v. WelshSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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