State v. Finger
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Soott District Court. Tiie city of Davenport was incorporated by a special act of the legislature. It has never abandoned its special charter In the year 1875 the township of Davenport was divi ded, and all that part thereof embraced in the corporate limits- of the city was created into a district township, called “ Township of the City of Davenport.” The city and the township thus created embrace precisely the same territory.
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Appeal from Soott District Court. Tiie city of Davenport was incorporated by a special act of the legislature. It has never abandoned its special charter In the year 1875 the township of Davenport was divi ded, and all that part thereof embraced in the corporate limits- of the city was created into a district township, called “ Township of the City of Davenport.” The city and the township thus created embrace precisely the same territory. At the general election in November, 1876, the township elected all of its township officers for the ensuing'year. At this election the relator, J. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtRotheock, J.
The only question presented in argument 'is whether the law requires the assessor to be chosen at the •general élection, or at the annual municipal election. The cause has been ably and exhaustively argued by counsel for ■the respective parties, and yet it is a matter of no little difficulty to arrive at a conclusion satisfactory to our own minds. It is stated in the argument for the relator that “ there is something to-be said in favor of either view,” and in the argument for defendant “that he who attempts to thread the mazes of the Iowa statute law of municipal corporations had best take…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
3Cited by3 opinions
- Clark v. RiddleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- Bartemeyer v. RohlfsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Kinsey v. SweeneySupreme Court of Iowa · 1884