Green v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Fayette District Court. — Hon. L. E. Eellows, Judge. On the first day of December, 1897, there was filed with the county auditor of Eayette county a statement of consent to the sale of intoxicating liquors in said county.
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Appeal from Fayette District Court. — Hon. L. E. Eellows, Judge. On the first day of December, 1897, there was filed with the county auditor of Eayette county a statement of consent to the sale of intoxicating liquors in said county. At the January, 1898, session of the board of supervisors, this statement was canvassed, and a finding made by the board that it contained the names of more than sixty-five per cent, of the legal voters of the county who voted at the last preceding general election. Thereafter the plaintiff filed a general denial as to the sufficiency of the statement and the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
*1851 *184In the trial in the district court the county attorney was permitted to appear for the plaintiff, against the objection of the defendants, and this is the first error assigned. Section 2450 of the Code’provides that, if the board shall find the statement sufficient, any citizen of the county may file a general denial as to the statement, and directs that the county attorney shall then cause a notice thereof to be served upon the persons filing the statement, and appear for the state upon the hearing before the dis*185trict court. It also makes it the duty of the county attorney to appear in the…
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