District Township of White Oak v. District Township Oskaloosa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. This cause was before us upon a former appeal, when the judgment of the court below sustaining a demurrer to the petition was reversed. See 44 Iowa, 512. The cause being remanded the defendants filed an answer, and the cause was referred to F. M. Davenport, Esq., to report the facts, witli Ins conclusions of law.
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Appeal from Mahaska District Court. This cause was before us upon a former appeal, when the judgment of the court below sustaining a demurrer to the petition was reversed. See 44 Iowa, 512. The cause being remanded the defendants filed an answer, and the cause was referred to F. M. Davenport, Esq., to report the facts, witli Ins conclusions of law. On the 26th of March, 1878, the referee filed the following report: “1. That the plaintiff, the district township of White Oak, in the years 1869, 1870, 1871 and 1872, and prior thereto, was a municipal corporation, organized and existing under the…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. shcool district: debt of district township: joinder. I. Appellant insists that a joint and several judgment cannot be rendered against the several independent districts carved out of the district township of Oskaloosa, and for this position relies upon Knoxville National Bank v. The Independent District of Washington, 40 Iowa, 612. In that case, the district township of Washington'issued an order upon the teachers’ fund, for services rendered in subdistrict No. nineteen. Afterward the district township abandoned the district organization, and the subdistricts of said district township…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stevenson & Rice v. District Township of SummitSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Knoxville National Bank v. Independent District of WashingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
- Kennedy v. Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
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