Legal Opinion
State v. Adams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 11, 1876PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Appeal from Pottawattamie Circuit Court. This is a civil action by ordinary proceedings, brought for the purpose of testing the right of defendant to hold and exercise the duties of the office of mayor of the town of Avoca. There was a trial to the court, a finding in favor of defendant, judgment, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Seevers, Ch. J.
The right of the defendant to hold the office in question depends upon the fact whether or not he was a citizen of the United States and State of Iowa. The Circuit Court made the,following finding of facts:
“ 1st. That the defendant’s paternal grandfather was born *100in. Connecticut in the year 1764, and from there emigrated to Canada, in the year 1790, with the intention of making Canada his permanent domicile, and that he remained in Canada until his death in the year 1838.
2d. That the defendant’s father was born in Canada in the year 1795, and resided there until the year 1834.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Weedin v. Chin BowSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Hammerstein v. LyneDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1912
- State ex rel. Phelps v. JacksonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1907
- Croker v. CrokerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1931
- United States ex rel. Anderson v. HoweDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1916
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