Ball v. Evans
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hindman, Judge. This is an action in equity, brought by certain inmates of the Iowa Soldiers’ Home, for the purpose of setting aside certain rules adopted by the board of commissioners of said home, and to enjoin the enforcement of said rules. A temporary writ of injunction issued pending the hearing of the cause, restraining the defendants from appropriating any of the pension money belonging to any inmate of the home.
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Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hindman, Judge. This is an action in equity, brought by certain inmates of the Iowa Soldiers’ Home, for the purpose of setting aside certain rules adopted by the board of commissioners of said home, and to enjoin the enforcement of said rules. A temporary writ of injunction issued pending the hearing of the cause, restraining the defendants from appropriating any of the pension money belonging to any inmate of the home. At the conclusion of the trial, the court entered a decree making permanent said temporary injunction, and so extending it as…
1Opinion of the CourtKenne, J.
1 I. Plaintiffs, some twenty-six in number, are inmates of tbe Iowa Soldiers’ Home at Marshalltown, Iowa. They prosecute this action, not only for themselves, but also on behalf of all .others similarly situated, and who are affected by the rules of which they complain. They are honorably discharged soldiers, formerly in the service of the United States, and each and all of them are in receipt of pensions, granted by the general government, in excess of six dollars per month, which pensions were granted on account of physical disabilities incurred in the service of their country. They…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loser v. Board of Managers of Soldiers' HomeMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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- Board of Commissioners v. DunlapSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928