Legal Opinion
Swift v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 17, 1919PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from Davis District Court. — C. W. Vermilion, Judge. Certiorari proceedings to test the authority of a board of supervisors in establishing a highway. On hearing, the proceedings were dismissed. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
On February 29, 1916, a petition was filed, in words following:
“To the Board of Supervisors of Davis County, Iowa:
“The undersigned ask that a highway 60 feet wide, commencing at the center of Section 12, Twp. 69 N.,.R. 14 W., running thence W. along the center line of Section 12 about one-fourth mile; thence S. one-fourth mile to intersect the present highway; and terminating at or near the schoolhouse grounds, be established.
“Martha J. Swift, Larrissa A. Adams, Hardy Richardson, R. G. Hardy, G. E. Mather, F. L. Stanford, and twenty-eight others.”
The road petitioned for was, on the 30th of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Moffitt v. BrainardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- State v. BerrySupreme Court of Iowa · 1861
- Snyder v. FosterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
- Sullivan v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. EllithorpeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1889
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Johnson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931