Legal Opinion
Wapello County v. Ward
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 30, 1965No. 51738PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompsoN, J.
— The defendant is aggrieved by his conviction and the following judgment and sentence upon a charge of violation of a provision of the Wapello County zoning ordinance. Upon this appeal he assigns’ two errors: 1, that the information upon which he was tried was not endorsed “A True Information” and did not contain a list of the names of the witnesses by whom the State proposed to prove its case; and 2, the delegation of the power to make criminal laws to the county through its board of supervisors was unconstitutional; only the legislature may make laws which define and provide punishment for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Boyer v. Iowa High School Athletic AssociationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
- Grant v. NorrisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
- Goodlove v. LoganSupreme Court of Iowa · 1933
- City of Aurora v. Aurora Sanitation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1944
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3Cited by9 opinions
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