Casady v. Woodbury County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pdlk District Court. Specific performance. The. facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. That the county judge had power, without consulting the people of the county, to purchase a court house and other public buildings. The State of Iowa, ex rel. Brooks, v. Napier, County Judge, 7 Iowa, 429. 2. That he had the power to buy on credit, and execute a note, bond or bill, evidencing such promise to pay.
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Appeal from Pdlk District Court. Specific performance. The. facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. That the county judge had power, without consulting the people of the county, to purchase a court house and other public buildings. The State of Iowa, ex rel. Brooks, v. Napier, County Judge, 7 Iowa, 429. 2. That he had the power to buy on credit, and execute a note, bond or bill, evidencing such promise to pay. Hamilton v. New Castle Bailroad Company, 9 Ind., 859; Smead et al. v. The Indianapolis, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Bailroad Company, 11 Id, 104; Clapp v. The County of Cedar, 5…
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
— In October, 1859, the plaintiff filed his petition to obtain a specific performance from the county of Woodbury, of a contract entered into on the 29th day of April, of the same year, between himself and John L. Campbell, the then County Judge of said county. It is claimed by plaintiff that he sold to defendant, at the date of said contract, for a court-house and county offices, his large two-story brick building, with the ground upon which it was situated, to wit: 100 feet taken off of the east end of lots 1, 2 and 8, in block 84, in Sioux city, for the sum of $25,000, $5,000 of which was…
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