Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. District Township
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 12, 1867PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from Mahaslca District Court. Sued on a school order by an assignee thereof. Defense: absence of authority to execute the order; want of consideration and fraud; trial to the court with finding of facts, and judgment thereon for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Corporation: school order. This action is brought upon the . 0 • ioliowing instrument:
“$222.50. State of Iowa, Mahaska county, district township of Bichland, in said county. Pay to A. B. Israel or bearer, the sum of two hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents, out of the temporary or contingent fund, being in full of an allowance for maps and books for *596district library, this 26th day of July, 1865, with six per cent interest.
“ JAMES McAULEY, President.
JOSEPH McCARTER, Secretary.”
This instrument was duly stamped, and indorsed on the back, “ A. B. Israel.”
The court found, as facts: That…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Clark v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
3Cited by4 opinions
- Taylor v. District Township of WayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
- Boardman v. HayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- National State Bank v. The Ind. Dist. of MarshallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874
- Manning v. District TownshipSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869