Legal Opinion

City of Sioux City v. Young

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 24, 1959No. 49745PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, C. J.

Perseverance is sometimes a virtue and is often rewarded. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” says the old copybook maxim. Joseph E. Young, the benefited defendant here, has beyond doubt practiced these principles. Litigation concerning his right to a.pension as the surviving spouso of a deceased policewoman pensioner now appears in this court for the third time, In Young v. O’Keefe, 246 Iowa 1182, *100769 N.W.2d 534, it made its first appearance. The basis of that suit was that the trustees of the policemen’s pension fund had denied his claim; there was an affirmance by the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. City of Jersey City v. HagueSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1955
  2. Lynch v. UhlenhoppSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
  3. Wagner v. BaronSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  4. Anderson v. HadleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  5. Young v. O'KEEFESupreme Court of Iowa · 1957

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Richardson v. City of JeffersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  2. Schwarzkopf v. Sac County Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  3. Slockett v. Iowa Valley Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. Franco v. DavisNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1970
  5. City of Sioux City v. YoungSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959

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