Fulton v. City of Davenport
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. This case again presents for determination the question, how far a corporate town or city may tax the real property situated within her boundary limits, for general municipal purposes. Below, the case made by the pleadings was referred.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. This case again presents for determination the question, how far a corporate town or city may tax the real property situated within her boundary limits, for general municipal purposes. Below, the case made by the pleadings was referred. The following is the referee’s report of the facts: “ 1st. That on the trial of this cause, the said parties to this suit entered into the following stipulation in writing, to wit: ‘It is admitted, agreed and understood between the parties to this suit that all the allegations of said .petition and answer are to be taken as…
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, J.
1. Taxation: municipal corporations: extensions. For a few years prior to the great pecuniary revulsion of 1857 and 1858, the immigration to this State was heavy, and the growth and improvement of our river towns, particularly, were rapid, not to say , . . r ' J marvelous, the population, m some instances, flowing over and beyond their chartered limits. Upon application, the legislature .enlarged their corporate boundaries, taking in very much more territory than was needed. for immediate population and building purposes; in view, perhaps, of prospective enlargement of the same. The power to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morford v. UngerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Alger v. Mississippi & Missouri RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
3Cited by20 opinions
- State of Florida Ex Rel. Davis v. City of StuartSupreme Court of Florida · 1929
- Merrill v. HumphreyMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- People ex rel. Shumway v. BennettMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Allen v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Bradshaw v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1871
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