Smith v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the General Term, Eighth District (Jones County). The plaintiff applied to the district court of Jones county for a writ of certiorari to the board of supervisors, and in his petition stated that he is a tax payer of Monticello township, in Jones county, and brings this action in behalf of himself and others, whose property is similarly affected by the action of the defendants; that in 1867 all the real and personal property in said township was assessed by an…
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Appeal from the General Term, Eighth District (Jones County). The plaintiff applied to the district court of Jones county for a writ of certiorari to the board of supervisors, and in his petition stated that he is a tax payer of Monticello township, in Jones county, and brings this action in behalf of himself and others, whose property is similarly affected by the action of the defendants; that in 1867 all the real and personal property in said township was assessed by an assessor duly elected and qualified, at the proper time and in the proper manner; that the assessment roll was returned…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
l certiorateboard°of supervisors. Upon the coming in of the return to the writ, “the plaintiff filed a motion, objecting to the sufficiency the f’etmm and moved that defend-an^s t>e required to return the evidence upon which they acted, in full.” This motion was* overruled; plaintiff excepted and assigns this ruling as error.
Gertiora/ri is a common-law writ, issued from a superior court directed to one of inferior jurisdiction, commanding the latter to certify and return to the former the record in the particular case. 1 Bouv. Law Die. 215, and authorities there cited. It differed from a writ…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edgar v. GreerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
3Cited by17 opinions
- Pierce v. GreenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
- Tiedt v. CarstensenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Iowa Eclectic Medical College Ass'n v. SchraderSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
- First National Bank of Estherville v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907
- Remey v. Board of EqualizationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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