State v. Squires
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. This is a proceeding by information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the district attorney on March 28, 1868, under chapter 151 of the Revision of 1860, sections 3752 to 3757. The petition states that the defendants claim to be the officers of'a corporation, styled “ The Independent School District of Epworth,” but which is in fact, sub-district No. 4 in Taylor township in Dubuque county; that said independent district is illegal,…
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. This is a proceeding by information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed by the district attorney on March 28, 1868, under chapter 151 of the Revision of 1860, sections 3752 to 3757. The petition states that the defendants claim to be the officers of'a corporation, styled “ The Independent School District of Epworth,” but which is in fact, sub-district No. 4 in Taylor township in Dubuque county; that said independent district is illegal, for that it did not when organized, in April, 1866, contain three hundred inhabitants, nor were ten days’ notice of its…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
1. Constitutional law: special laws: curative acts. — But few cases in this court have received more careful and elaborate attention at the hands of counsel than this. "We were favored with able ora^ arguments at bar, and these have been followed, by extended printed and written arguments evidencing the most thorough research and learning upon the points discussed. The attention bestowed upon the case by counsel, is equal to the magnitude of,the questions involved, and far exceeds the importance of the interests to the parties now before the court.
It is claimed by appellant’s counsel that…
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