Rowley v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. J. H. Applegate, Judge. Action by citizens of Van Burén and Wapello Counties to enjoin the executive council of the state from purchasing certain real estate and from issuing interest-bearing certificates in payment thereof as authorized by chapter fourteen of the Acts of the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly. Decree was entered enjoining the issuance of certificates in payment of said property; otherwise the relief prayed was denied.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Hon. J. H. Applegate, Judge. Action by citizens of Van Burén and Wapello Counties to enjoin the executive council of the state from purchasing certain real estate and from issuing interest-bearing certificates in payment thereof as authorized by chapter fourteen of the Acts of the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly. Decree was entered enjoining the issuance of certificates in payment of said property; otherwise the relief prayed was denied. Both parties appeal, that of defendants being first perfected.—
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The executive council of the state consists of the Governor, Secretary of -State, Treasurer of State, and the Auditor of State. It employs a secretary. The object of this action is to enjoin the executive council as such and each member thereof from acquiring for the state the property de*734scribed in and issuing tbe certificates authorized by chapter fourteen of the Acts of the Thirty-Fifth General Assembly, for that, as is contended, the provisions thereof are in violations of sections two and five of the seventh article of the Constitution of the state. Section two of the act in question…
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