Rock v. Rinehart
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Iowa District Court. — Hon. J. H. Preston,. Judge. The plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of Iowa county, brought this action, in three counts, against the defendants, the board of supervisors of said county, to enjoin them from selling certain lands belonging to-said county, and expending the proceeds in the erection of a courthouse in the town of Marengo.
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Appeal from Iowa District Court. — Hon. J. H. Preston,. Judge. The plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of Iowa county, brought this action, in three counts, against the defendants, the board of supervisors of said county, to enjoin them from selling certain lands belonging to-said county, and expending the proceeds in the erection of a courthouse in the town of Marengo. The defendants’ motion to strike certain parts of the first count was sustained, also their demurrers to the remainder of said count, and to the third count. The plaintiffs elected to stand on said first and third counts, and…
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
The following will be a sufficient statement of the proceedings had by the defendant board *39of supérvisors: On the fourteenth day of November, 1891, a petition as follows, signed by resident taxpayers of the county, was presented to the defendant board, then in session, and filed and considered:
“To the Board of Supervisors of Iowa County, Iowa:
“The undersigned, residents and taxpayers of Iowa county, respectfully petition your honorable body to submit to the legal voters of Iowa county the question of authorizing the land belonging to the county in Ida and Cherokee to be sold, for the purpose…
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