Armstrong v. Tama County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama Ci/rmit Oov/rt. Action to recover of tbe defendant tbe value of certain articles furnished tbe poor of Tama county, at tbe special instance and request of tbe township trustees of Toledo and Otter Creek townships.
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Appeal from Tama Ci/rmit Oov/rt. Action to recover of tbe defendant tbe value of certain articles furnished tbe poor of Tama county, at tbe special instance and request of tbe township trustees of Toledo and Otter Creek townships. The first bill attached to plaintiff’s petition is for various articles of medicine, amounting to $20.60; is verified by the affidavit of plaintiff in due form, and has the certificate of the trustees attached as follows: “ We, the trustees of Toledo township, Tama county, Iowa, certify that the above bill is correct, and was furnished at our instance. “ J. Q.…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. poor: township trustees: effectof determination. I. The first point made is upon the sustaining of the demurrer. It is claimed that the act of the hoard of supervisors, in determining whether or not a bill for the support of the poor presen^e¿ £0 them for allowance is reasonable and proper, is judicial and conclusive, unless reversed upon appeal; and, further, that the board may consider, as an original question, whether any aid should have been furnished. It is alleged in the petition, and seems to be conceded in the argument, that the articles sued for, were furnished when the board of…
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