Palmer v. Jones
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Cov/rt. Mandamus. There was a judgment in the court below for plaintiff. Defendants appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The plaintiff is the assignee of a judgment against the town of Algona and William H. Ingham and Lewis PI. Smith. In 1875 he instituted a mandamus proceeding against the town to compel it to levy a tax sufficient to pay the amount due on his judgment. A judgment was rendered in the case requiring the town to set apart, and apply in payment of the judgment, all the revenue derived from taxation for the year 1875, except six hundred dollars. The cause was then continued to the next term of court. From this judgment defendant appealed, and.it was affirmed by a decision of this court. See 44…
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