Duncombe v. City of Fort Dodge
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Webster Ci/rcuit Gourt. Action at law. There was a trial to the court without a jury, and a judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. The facts fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, J.
— The judgment of the Circuit Court was rendered upon the following facts, which are disclosed by the record before us.
i municipal contract’byS officers. The plaintiff, a citizen of Fort Dodge, petitioned the council of that city to grade the public square, a common within corporate limits, proposing, as the warrants of the city were depreciated, in order to enable it to do the work, to advance th’e money necessary for the payment thereof, and receive therefor city warrants. Thereupon the council, being in session, accepted the proposition, and adopted the following resolution.
“ Resolved,…
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