District Township of Honey Creek v. Floete
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Olayton Oireuit Court. Action of mandamus. The plaintiff is situate in Delaware county and the defendant is treasurer of Clayton county.
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Appeal from Olayton Oireuit Court. Action of mandamus. The plaintiff is situate in Delaware county and the defendant is treasurer of Clayton county. The petition states that for twenty years preceding 1880 one of the subdistricts of plaintiff embraced certain territory in Lodomillo township, Olayton county, and that the school in said subdistrict was under the control of plaintiff; that in September, 1879, by the action of the respective boards of directors of plaintiff, and the district township of Lodomillo, said territory'"was restored to the latter; that in 1877, 1878, and 1879, certain…
1Opinion of the Court
Servers, Oh. J.
i. district teSitoryin. sMp'rigStf aiising.from. The defendant pleaded “that he denies said territory of Lodomillo township belongs, or has belonged, sa^ plaintiff since on or about the year 1873, when said territory under and by virtue of chapter 9 title 12 of the Code of 1873 became a part of the school district of Lodomillo township, and ceased to be apart of the plaintiff, never having been'attaehed *111to or set over to the plaintiff by the school superintendent of Clayton county, Iowa, on account of streams or other natural obstacles, or for any other cause whatever.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Large v. District TownshipSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880