Knowlton v. Baumhover
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from 'Carroll District Court. — F. M. Powers, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the defendants, directors and officers of a school corporation, from appropriating, contributing, or paying out public school funds for the support, or in aid of the maintenance or support, of a parochial school, and for other equitable relief.
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Appeal from 'Carroll District Court. — F. M. Powers, Judge. Suit in equity to enjoin the defendants, directors and officers of a school corporation, from appropriating, contributing, or paying out public school funds for the support, or in aid of the maintenance or support, of a parochial school, and for other equitable relief. The defendants denied the allegations of the petition; and, on trial to the court, a decree was entered substantially as prayed, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
1. Schools and SCHOOL DISTRICTS : public school funds: appropriation ior sectarian purposes. -Maple River Township District is a school corporation of Carroll County. One of its subdistricts includes a small village bearing the name Maple River, and is spoken of in the record as “Maple River District,” or “Maple District,” and sometimes as “No. 4.” For many years prior to March, 1905, a schoolhouse had been provided for the use of this snbdistrict, and a public school regularly maintained therein. At the March, 1905, meeting of the board of directors, a resolution was adopted to the effect…
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