Snyder v. Foster
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dickinson District Court. — Hon. GtEOboe H. Cabb, Judge. Action in equity to enjoin defendants from auditing, allowing or paying claims for the building of a bridge across a navigable lake. A demurrer to the petition was overruled, and, defendants refusing to further plead, a decree was rendered in favor of plaintiff as prayed. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Plaintiff is a resident and tax-payer of Dickinson county, and defendants are the said county, its auditor, treasurer, the members of its board of supervisors, and the person who contracted to build the bridge in controversy. The contractor did not appear in the district court, and the cause was there continued, as to him, for service. He is not therefore a party to this appeal. On the nineteenth day of June, 1888, the board of supervisors of Dickinson county ordered the construction of a public bridge across a navigable body of water known as “East Okoboji lake,” and on the first day of the…
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