Van Horn v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — James C. Hume, Judge. This is an appeal by the defendants from an order granting a temporary injunction. The one question for our consideration is whether such temporary writ was improvidently granted.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The plaintiff filed his petition on November 18, 1921. By such petition he challenged the validity of certain proceedings had by the city council of the city of Des Moines, looking to the granting of a street car franchise to the Des Moines Street Railway Company. An ordinance had been passed by the city council, wherein the proposed franchise was set forth, and an election had been called for November 28, 1921, pursuant to the statute in such cases. Purported notice of such election had been given. The prayer of the petition was that all said proceedings should be declared invalid and void,…
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