District Township v. Independent District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court.- — Hon. W. B. Quarton, Judge. This is a proceeding by certiorari to review the action of the district township of Ledyard for the establishment, of the independent district of Germania. The only question involved is as to the validity of the election held to vote for or against the organization of the independent district. The district court held the election void, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Given, I.
I. Section 2908 of McClain’s Code applies to the election in question. - It is as follows: “No *322district township or sub-district meeting shall organize earlier than 9 o’clock a. m. nor adjourn before twelve o’clock m.j and in all independent districts having a population of three hundred and upwards the polls shall remain open from twelve o’clock m. to seven o’clock p. m.” The return of the defendants shows all required action for holding said election on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1897, and further shows as follows: “That on said twenty-seventh day of March, 1897, said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- District Township v. Independent DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
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