State ex rel. Pritchard v. Grefe
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from PolJc District Court.— HoN. Jesse A. MilleR, Judge. ActioN in quo warranto to test the right of defendants to exercise the offices of directors of the independent school district of Des Moines. The petition was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, C. J.—
Prior to May 21, 1901, there were five independent school districts wholly within the corporate limits of the city of Des Moines, and twelve such districts partly within and partly without said limits. On that day the electors of the city in pursuance of chapter 155 of the Acts of the Thirty-Second General Assembly (Laws 1907), by a vote of 3,081 for to 952 against on the question, “ Shall all the territory within the city of Des Moines be united into1 one school district ? ” effected as is claimed by defendants, the consolidation of all the territory within the city boundaries as…
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