Carthan v. Lang
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from AllamaJcee Circuit Court. Action in chancery to restrain defendants, who are directors of a school district, from paying for a school-house erected under a contract made by them, and to annul the contract, and for other relief to which plaintiff may be entitled in equity. There was a decree granting relief to plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
l. school citshouse fiii-o1’ traúLpaytion. I. The petition alleges tbe following among other matters. Tbe electors of the independent school-distUct of Hardin voted a tax of $1,000 to build a school-house. The plaintiff is a resident and taxpayer of the district. The directors contracted for the building of tbe scbool-house with one *385Adams, tbe materials to be of tbe best quality, and tbe work to be done “ in a substantial and workman-like manner,” and agreed to pay him for the work and materials $800. It is alleged that the directors and Adams confederated together to defraud the district by…
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