Liddick v. City of Council Bluffs

For brevity and clarity, the City of Council Bluffs and its defending officers, and the Iowa State Highway Commission and its defending members, will be referred to, respectively, as the “City,” and as the “Commission.” This ease was tried below, and comes to this court, by somewhat irregular procedure. It was instituted by the plaintiffs and the defendants as a “test” case. While it was -alleged in the petition, and admitted in the answers, that the viaduct will be constructed unless the defendants are enjoined, it appears from the record that these allegations were simply for the- purpose…