Seaman v. Baughman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. — Hon. C. M. Watebmah, Judge. This is an action in equity to restrain the collection of a tax voted by the electors of a district township for , the purpose of erecting a schoolhouse. After a hearing 'upon the merits the petition of the plaintiff was dismissed, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants for costs. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEomwson, J.
At the annual meeting of the electors of the district township of Sheridan in the county of Scott, held on the second Monday in March in the year 1889, a tax of fifteen hundred dollars was voted upon the property of the district for the construction of a schoolhouse in subdistrict number 9. ' The plaintiff is a resident and taxpayer of the district, and the defendants are its officers. The plaintiff claims that the tax specified is illegal, and asks that the defendants be . restrained from certifying it to the board of supervisors of Scott county, and that it be declared illegal and void.
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