Bell v. Foutch
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc D'istrict Court. Bridges : power of county and city in respect thereto, ETC. — The plaintiffs are citizens and tax payers of Polk county, residing outside of the city of Des Moines. 'They file the present petition to enjoin the defendants (who consitute the board of supervisors of Polk county, the clerk of the board and the county treasurer being also made parties) from .paying over an appropriation of $2,000 out of the bridge fund, and praying that the…
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Appeal from Pollc D'istrict Court. Bridges : power of county and city in respect thereto, ETC. — The plaintiffs are citizens and tax payers of Polk county, residing outside of the city of Des Moines. 'They file the present petition to enjoin the defendants (who consitute the board of supervisors of Polk county, the clerk of the board and the county treasurer being also made parties) from .paying over an appropriation of $2,000 out of the bridge fund, and praying that the order making such appropriation be set aside and canceled. Prom the pleadings and exhibits' the following facts appear : On…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, J.
I. Bridges : Krdof supervisors. The important questions made in this case open into an interesting field of legal inquiry concerning the respective powers and jurisdictions of the county and city in respect to highways, streets aQq bridges. This field has been well explored by counsel whose researches have materially abridged our labors. The questions are essentially statutory, and adjudged cases in other States afford little aid, except to teach and illustrate the principles which should be applied in the construction of our various statute provisions upon the subject of roads and bridges,…
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