Christensen v. Board of Supervisors

This is an action in mandamus, to require the board of supervisors of Emmet County, Iowa, to divide the township of Estherville into two townships. The petition of the electors to the board of supervisors is predi-cated on the provisions of Section 554, Code of 1897 (Sections 5531 and 5532, Code of 1924). In i0gicai analysis of this case, the following order of presentation may well be observed: First, the facts; second, the theory of the petition and of its submission below; and third, the statutes applicable to the situation.

I. The facts. It is disclosed by the record that Esther-ville…