State ex rel. Van Houton v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. No brief on file. cited Code of 1851, sections 104, 141, 150, Tapp. Man. 389, 400, 410, 413, 417, 439, 444; Price and Wait v. Earned et al., 1 Iowa 473.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
J.— Information for a writ of mandamus. The information represents that in accordance with a petition filed in the County Court, in January A. D. 1858, and with an order of the county judge, and the legal notice to that effect, an election was holden in the county of Hardin, in April of the above year, upon the question of the relocation of the county seat at Point Pleasant, instead of Eldora, the then present seat; and that such pro ceedings were had, that the canvassers certified that Point Pleasant received a majority of the votes cast upon the said question, and declared it the county…
2Cited by1 opinion
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