Everts v. District Township
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. This is an action on two orders drawn by the president and secretary of the defendant on its treasurer, directing him to pay a sum of money to E. L. Norris in one year from the date thereof, with ten per cent, interest. . It is alleged in the petition that the warrants were issued in pursuance of a settlement had between defendant and the payee named therein of a disputed claim, and that such settlement was…
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Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. S. M. Weaver, Judge. This is an action on two orders drawn by the president and secretary of the defendant on its treasurer, directing him to pay a sum of money to E. L. Norris in one year from the date thereof, with ten per cent, interest. . It is alleged in the petition that the warrants were issued in pursuance of a settlement had between defendant and the payee named therein of a disputed claim, and that such settlement was authorized by the electors of the district township, which action was duly made of record. This averment is denied in the…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, C. J.
The orders in suit were issued on the twelfth of March, 1877. It appears that in 1868 the board of directors of the district township entered into a contract with S. L. Rose, by which he agreed to furnish ground for a school house, and erect thereon a school house for the district. The board, in making the contract, acted under a resolution adopted by the electors at the annual meeting in March, 1866. In 1869, Rose did erect a school house on lands belonging to himself, which the district used for school purposes up to 1885. He did not, however, execute to the district either a lease or…
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- Morrison v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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