Goeppinger v. Boards of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. The plaintiffs commenced an. action in certiorari in the district court to review the proceedings of the boards of supervisors of Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties in the matter of a joint drainage district in refusing to consider a claim for damages made by appellants and in failing to appoint appraisers to appraise the same. A return was made to the writ, and the appellees filed a motion to annul the writ.
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Appeal from Sac District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. The plaintiffs commenced an. action in certiorari in the district court to review the proceedings of the boards of supervisors of Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties in the matter of a joint drainage district in refusing to consider a claim for damages made by appellants and in failing to appoint appraisers to appraise the same. A return was made to the writ, and the appellees filed a motion to annul the writ. The motion was sustained, and the plaintiffs appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Forty pages of the abstract are taken up with the printing of the petition and the return of the writ. In the return, all proceedings had are set out. We cull from the record that appellants are the owners of a half section of land in Sac county. Appellees are the boards of supervisors, the several members thereof, the county auditors of the counties before named, .and the drainage district con*32eerning which the proceedings taken by them are complained of. A petition dated April 14, 1908, in due form, with proper bond, was filed in the offices of the county, auditors of Sac, Buena Vista,…
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