Smith v. Maresh

Appellant, as a taxpayer, sought to enjoin appellees, as officers and directors of a school district, from entering into a contract for the construction of a high school or any other improvement upon a certain tract of 29.1 acres. The injunction was denied and an appeal was perfected to this court.

The tract of 29.1 acres is within the limits of the school district but outside the corporate limits of Iowa City. It was acquired by various purchases. No condemnation proceedings were had. The money, paid for such conveyances, was, in each instance, taken from the schoolhouse fund. The purchases…