Edmundson v. Independent School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. Action of mandamus to compel the defendants, as officers of the school districts named, to levy a tax to satisfy a judgment in favor of plaintiff against the independent school districts of Riverside, rendered on the fourth day of August, 1885. The defendants pleaded that plaintiff’s judgment was obtained by fraud and collusion with the officers of the school district, and that it is in excess of the…
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Appeal from Lyon District Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. Action of mandamus to compel the defendants, as officers of the school districts named, to levy a tax to satisfy a judgment in favor of plaintiff against the independent school districts of Riverside, rendered on the fourth day of August, 1885. The defendants pleaded that plaintiff’s judgment was obtained by fraud and collusion with the officers of the school district, and that it is in excess of the constitutional limit of indebtedness which municipal corporations may incur. The case was tried to the court, resulting in a…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In the spring of the year 1872, the independent district of Riverside, in Lyon county, was organized as a school district and continued as such until the spring of 1885, when the independent school district of Allison and the independent school district of Jackson were carved out of the territory theretofore known as the Riverside district. The affairs of the school district of Riverside were very corruptly, extravagantly, and perniciously managed. At the time plaintiff recovered the judgment hereinafter referred to, the assessed valuation of all the property within the district was…
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