State ex rel. Smith v. City of Hiawatha

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by the attorney-general to enjoin the city and the trustees of the Hiawatha memorial auditorium from carrying on the picture-show business in the memorial auditorium, which had been built and maintained at public expense. The court denied the injunction and plaintiff appeals.

The electors of the city voted bonds in the sum of |75,000 and used the proceeds in the erection of a military memorial in pursuance of the authority granted by the legislature in the Laws of 1921, chapter 256. Among other rooms the building…