Crane v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. — Hon. .Tost a it Given, Judge. Action of mandamus. Trial by jury, and finding for plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was sustained and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtServers, C. J.
The plaintiff is a resident voter, taxpayer and property-holder of Polk City, in Madison township, Polk county, Iowa, and brings this action for himself and other voters, taxpayers and property-holders in Polk City, and the petition in substance states *331that the defendant, the Des Moines & Minneapolis Railroad Company, was a corporation organized under the laws of Iowa; that the object, as defined by the charter of said corporation, was to construct and operate a railroad from Des Moines to the state line between the states of Iowa and Minnesota; that prior to August, 1870, said line of road…
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