Parks v. Iowa Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Tama District Court. Plaintiffs, citizens and tax payers of Tama county, by their petition, seek to restrain the Iowa Central Railroad company and others from appropriating or using certain swamp lands, or the proceeds thereof, in or about the construction of said road through said county. The injunction was granted; afterward, on defendant’s motion, dissolved, and from this order plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
The main point made by appellants, as we understand the brief argument submitted, relates to the sufficiency of the petition to entitle them to the relief claimed.
Swamp lands : o??™uPb™te°n sion to vote. The question of devoting these lands to the purpose named seems to have been submitted to a vote of the people of the county of Tama. At this election, a large majority voted in favor of pr0p0Se(j appropriation; and the requisite orders, resolutions and entries were duly made of record. Indeed, except in the particular herein after named, no exception was or is now taken to said submission…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barrett v. BrooksSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
3Cited by1 opinion
- Tama County v. MelendySupreme Court of Iowa · 1880