Muscatine Western R. R. v. Horton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa District Cotort. This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the defendants, who are trustees of Pike .township, Muscatine county, to issue a proper writing, as required by law, certifying that plaintiff has complied with and performed the conditions upon which a tax was voted by the electors of the township to aid in the construction of a railroad.
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Appeal from Louisa District Cotort. This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the defendants, who are trustees of Pike .township, Muscatine county, to issue a proper writing, as required by law, certifying that plaintiff has complied with and performed the conditions upon which a tax was voted by the electors of the township to aid in the construction of a railroad. The petition sets out the fact that a tax was duly voted on the éth day of May, 1871, and the conditions upon which its collection was made to depend under the terms of the petition for and notice of the election required by law,…
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, Ci-i. J.
— The facts of the case as developed by the evidence before us are not numerous, and involve little, if any, conflict of evidence. They are as follows:
The Muscatine Western Railroad Company was incorporated May 23, 1870, for the purpose, as-shown by its charter, of constructing a railroad from Muscatine to the west line of the State. Its principal place of business was fixed at Muscatine and it is empowered by its articles of incorporation at any time “to consolidate with, or lease its road to, any corporation within or without the State, in any manner or form not inconsistent…
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