Eason v. Douglass
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jolmson Gi/rouit Gov/rt. Action for mandamus. The plaintiffs aver in their petition in substance that they are residents of Independent School District No. 4, in Cedar township, Johnson county; that the defendants are directors of said district; that the plaintiffs are not accommodated in said district, but they would be accommodated in Independent Union District No. 9, adjacent to District No. 4, and that they desire that the territory upon which they reside…
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Appeal from Jolmson Gi/rouit Gov/rt. Action for mandamus. The plaintiffs aver in their petition in substance that they are residents of Independent School District No. 4, in Cedar township, Johnson county; that the defendants are directors of said district; that the plaintiffs are not accommodated in said district, but they would be accommodated in Independent Union District No. 9, adjacent to District No. 4, and that they desire that the territory upon which they reside should be detached from District No. 4 and attached to District No. 9. They also aver in substance that for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, On. J.
i. school dis-pendent districts: change of boundaries. The plaintiffs rely upon sections 1796 and 1806 of the Code. The former provides that the boai’d of directors of a district township may change the boundaries of subdistricts. The latter provides tliat independent districts shall be governed by the laws enacted for the regulation of district townships so far as the same are applicable. The said District No. 4 and District No. 9 are independent districts.
In our opinion section 1796 is not applicable to this case. A change of boundaries of subdistricts is quite a different…
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