Legal Opinion

School Township v. Wiggins

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 6, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Greene District Court. — Hon. F. M. Powers, Judge. Suit in equity for an injunction and an accounting. Decree for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, C. J.

The litigation involved in this case has twice before been in this court in some of its phases. See 110 Iowa, 702, 122 Iowa, 602. The plaintiff is a- school township which formerly comprised a complete congressional township in Greene County. Located in this township was the little village of Cooper, containing about one hundred inhabitants. The inhabitants were desirous of organizing the four sections contiguous and including Cooper into an independent district. They were unable to do so for want of the two hundred inhabitants, required by statute for such purpose. In March, 1896, they went…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hempstead v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
  2. Wolfinger v. BetzSupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
  3. School Township of Franklin v. WigginsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  4. Murphy v. CuddihySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  5. District Township of Franklin v. WigginsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Nelson v. Consol. Independent Sch. Dist. of Troy MillsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  2. Waite v. HolmesMontana Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Walling v. Iowa Mutual Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1940
  4. Dunn v. BurbankSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  5. Independent Dist. v. Consolidated Dist.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1942

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