Gallagher v. School Township
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — John F. Oliver, Judge. Action to enjoin the defendants from acting as directors of the Consolidated Independent School District of Holly Springs and from abandoning the schools of the districts from which taken. The petition was dismissed, and plaintiff- appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff is a taxpayer residing within the territorial limits of the school township of Willow, and in this action seeks to have defendants enjoined from consummating the organization of the Consolidated Independent School District of Holly Springs. ' It appears from the evidence that about 140 electors resided in the territory proposed for the new district, 59 of whom signed a petition such as contemplated by Section 2794-a, Code Sup.; and, as the greater portion of these resided in the school township of Willow, the petition was filed with the secretary of its board of directors, after…
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