Deiman v. City of Fort Madison
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. The appellees- filed their petition in equity April 15, 1868, stating that they were severally the owners of certain lands, described in tbe petition, situated in what is known as “West Madison” or “Douglass’ addition to the city of Fort Madison;” that tbe city authorities of Fort Madison were unlawfully attempting to levy and collect taxes for city purposes upon said lands, setting out the facts upon which they claim that such action of tbe…
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Appeal from Lee District Court. The appellees- filed their petition in equity April 15, 1868, stating that they were severally the owners of certain lands, described in tbe petition, situated in what is known as “West Madison” or “Douglass’ addition to the city of Fort Madison;” that tbe city authorities of Fort Madison were unlawfully attempting to levy and collect taxes for city purposes upon said lands, setting out the facts upon which they claim that such action of tbe city is unlawful, and asking an injunction against tbe defendants, restraining and enjoining them from levying and…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Whether the power conferred by the act of the fifth general assembly to enlarge the boundaries of the town of Fort Madison, by implication, conferred the power to contract such boundaries, and whether the plaintiffs’ property in West Madison, at the commencement of this action, was within the legal corporate limits of Fort Madison, we need not determine, inasmuch as we dispose of the case upon the other questions involved.
*540Under the former adjudications of this court, and the admitted facts of this case, it would seem clear that the appellees’ lands are not hable to the taxes proposed to be…
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