Legal Opinion

Cerro Gordo County v. Wright County

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 17, 1882PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Fra/nMvn District Court. The plaintiff, claiming it Lad furnished support to a poor person who had a legal settlement in the defendant county, commenced this proceeding to recover the amount thus expended. Trial by jury,'verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Seevees, Ch. J.

i. practice in court™motion peai.smiss ap The motion to dismiss the appeal must be overruled, because the appellant shows by an affidavit the ground upon which the motion is based is not true. This is a special proceeding commenced in the Circuit Court of Wright county, under and in the manner provided in section 1359 of the Code. The plaintiff moved the court to change the place of trial, on the ground that Wright county was defendant in the action. The motion was sustained, and, by consent of the parties, the case was sent to the District Court of Hardin county.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Walters v. The Steamboat Mollie DozierSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. BelvelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  2. Porter v. WelshSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  3. Schrader v. HooverSupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  4. Johnson v. PurcellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
  5. Latta v. UtterbackSupreme Court of Iowa · 1926

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