Independent School District v. Hobson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. Mandamus to require defendant to correct the tax-books as to property in sections two, three and four, in township ninety-four, north of range seven west, and certify the same to the treasurer of Payette county. The plaintiff claims that said sections are within its territory. The district township of Pleasant Yalley in said county, asked- to be made a party defendant, and was permitted to defend.
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Appeal from Fayette District Court. Mandamus to require defendant to correct the tax-books as to property in sections two, three and four, in township ninety-four, north of range seven west, and certify the same to the treasurer of Payette county. The plaintiff claims that said sections are within its territory. The district township of Pleasant Yalley in said county, asked- to be made a party defendant, and was permitted to defend. In its answer it claims the same territory as part of its school district. The defendant Hobson, Clerk, etc., denies plaintiff’s right to the sections claimed,…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
This is a controversy between the Independent school district of Clermont on the one hand, and the district township of Pleasant Yalley on the other, for the taxes levied for school purposes, in sections two, three and four, in township ninety-four, north of range seven west, in Fayette county. The Independent school district of Clermont lies wholly in township ninety-live, range seven, unless it has the right to the sections in controversy ; while the district township of Pleasant Yalley embraces all of township ninety-four, range seven, if it is entitled to the sections in controversy.
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