State v. York
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeals from Dallas District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. In each of the above-entitled cases the defendant was indicted on the charge that while holding the office of township trustee he unlawfully entered into a contract to furnish, and did furnish, to the road superintendent for the use of the township, men and teams to perform labor upon the public roads, and upon such unlawful contracts did collect and receive certain sums of money from the funds of said…
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Appeals from Dallas District Court.— Hon. Edmund Nichols, Judge. In each of the above-entitled cases the defendant was indicted on the charge that while holding the office of township trustee he unlawfully entered into a contract to furnish, and did furnish, to the road superintendent for the use of the township, men and teams to perform labor upon the public roads, and upon such unlawful contracts did collect and receive certain sums of money from the funds of said township. The district court, having sustained demurrers to the several indictments, the State in each instance has appealed.…
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, J.—
The indictment is stated in the following manner and form (omitting the title) :
The said A. P. York, then and there being one of the duly elected, qualified, and acting trastees of the township of Colfax, in the county of Dallas, and State of Iowa, on the 25th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and four, in the county aforesaid, did willfully and unlawfully enter into a contract with one J. W. Mills, one of the road superintendents of the township of Colfax aforesaid, to furnish a man and team and to perform certain labor for the township of Colfax…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. SheaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
- State v. ConleeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. CowenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- Bopp v. ClarkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- State v. Social Hygiene, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- State v. PrinceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1947
- State v. KalianSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
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