Abbott v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Scott District Court. The plaintiff filed in the district court of Scott county a petition for a writ of certiorari commanding defendants to certify to said court a transcript of the records and proceedings in reference to the establishment of a certain road.
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Appeal from Scott District Court. The plaintiff filed in the district court of Scott county a petition for a writ of certiorari commanding defendants to certify to said court a transcript of the records and proceedings in reference to the establishment of a certain road. The plaintiff alleges that no notice was given whether the petition for the road would be presented to the county auditor or to the board of supervisors; that the commission appointing John Lambert to examine and report on said proposed road had no seal as required by law, and that the order for the establishment of the road…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
establishment —I. The notice of the application for á road stated that on a certain date a petition would be presented to the county auditor or to the board of supervisors, Section 328 of the Revision provides that the board of supervisors may confer upon their clerk power to perform such duties as cannot be performed by the board without too much delay or inconvenience.
Chapter 160 of the Laws of 1868 makes the auditor clerk of the board of supervisors. Section 2 thereof authorizes him *356to exercise the duties now performed by the clerk of the board of supervisors in relation to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dunlap v. PulleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Connolly v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- Snyder v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
3Cited by3 opinions
- Bishop v. MahikoHawaii Supreme Court · 1940
- Goeppinger v. Boards of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- In re a Submission on Agreed Facts in a Controversy Between Bishop & MahikoHawaii Supreme Court · 1940