State ex rel. Cook v. Birdsall
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. — H. B. Boies, J udge. Quo warranto proceeding to test the legality of the appointment of the defendant as judge of the municipal court of the city of Waterloo. The district court dismissed the proceeding, and the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
i. elections : irregularities. The plaintiffs, as relators, are justices of , the peace in the townships of Waterloo and East Waterloo, respectively. At the city election held on March 25, 1918, a resolution was adopted by a vote of the electors for the establishment of a municipal court, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 106 of the Acts of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly. Thereafter, and prior to May 1, 1918, the defendant was appointed as judge of said municipal court by the governor of the state. Pursuant to such appointment, the defendant entered into the possession of the office,…
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