Denison v. Watts
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — Hon. John C. Sherwin, Judge. This is a suit in- equity, by which the plaintiff demands that the board of supervisors of Cerro Gordo county be restrained and enjoined from enforcing a certain order, or resolution, of said board. There was a demurrer to the petition, which was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
1 *6362 *634I. The plaintiff and the defendants constitute the board of supervisors of Cerro Gordo county. It appears from the petition, that at the January session of the board, in the year 1895, the following resolution was adopted: “Resolved, that the county furnish and pay for plank for culverts and small bridges, made and used in the respective townships of the county, for the year 1895, each member of the board to determine, by a general inspection of their districts, as near as possible, what plank is needed, and to issue an order for the same when called for by the road supervisors." The…
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