State ex rel. Beu v. Lockwood
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Court. — J. J. Clark, Judge. Action to test the legality of the attempted consolidation of certain territory in Bremer and Fayette Counties into a consolidated school district. There was a trial to the court upon an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff’s petition was' dismissed, and it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Schools axd SCHOOL DISTRICTS : consolidation : election: failure to provide separate ballot boxes. Upon the refusal of the county attorneys to bring suit, a judge of the district court gave relators leave to commence action. Plaintiffs thereupon filed their petition, and alleged, in substance, that they are property owners and taxpayers *1235within the limits of the territory of the proposed school district; that defendants are exercising authority illegally, as the pretended officers and directors of the pretended school district; that there is in fact no such school distinct, because no valid…
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