Isbell v. Crawford County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from OrawforcZ District Gourt. AcnoN to recover certain school taxes which are alleged illegal, and to have been erroneously paid. A demurrer to the petition was sustained. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The petition alleged that the Board of Supervisors of Crawford County, at their September meeting, in 1871, had no certificate of the amount of taxes to be levied for teachers, school house, and contingent funds for Jackson township, but in the minutes of that meeting the amount of the taxes for each of those purposes was left blank, and the words “ not reported” were written opposite each; that af. er the adjournment of the board some person, unknown to plaintiff, erased the words “ not reported.” and inserted the rates of taxation as ten mills for the first named and seven mills for each of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lauman v. County of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
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