Dively v. City of Cedar Falls
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Black Hawk District Court. In 1858 the defendant issued its scrip to aid in building a bridge to the amount of near $15,000, and plaintiff seeks to recover in this action upon twenty of these (of $5.00 each) with interest. There was a trial, general verdict for plaintiff, answers returned to certain specific interrogatories, judgment following the general verdict, and defendant' appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
i. municipal bridges. ' That the scrip was issued and had not been paid, are among the admitted or conceded facts, The bridge, to pay for the construction of which the scrip was issued, was built over the Cedar river, within the corporation limits of the town (now city). And while numberless points are made upon this appeal, they may all be disposed of by the consideration of the questions following:
1. Was this scrip issued to circulate as money %
2. Was it made to aid in the construction of a toll bridge, and was this bridge located upon a street of the *229town, or at a point where the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Davenport Gas Light & Coke Co. v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1862
- Mullarky v. Town of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Reynolds v. Nichols & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1861
- Dively v. City of Cedar FallsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
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- Spilman v. City of ParkersburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
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