State ex rel. Hanks v. Woolem
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Van Burén -Circuit Court. ■ This is an information in the nature of a quo warra/nto to test the legality of defendant’s claim to the office of sub-director of sub-district No. 5, in the district .township of Des Moines in Yan Burén county. The cause was tried to a jury, who returned a special verdict, upon which the Circuit Court rendered judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
■ Miller, Oh. J.
The special verdict of the jury shows that the meeting of the electors of the sub-district convened at three o’clock, was organized at twenty minutes before four *381o’clock, and those present proceeded to vote for a sub-director; that at ten minutes after four o’clock the meeting adjourned,' and the president declared the polls closed. No other proclamation was made. In about twenty minutes thereafter two qualified electors of the sub-district appeared and tendered their votes to the president and secretary. At this time the people composing the meeting were all present in the…
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