Moore v. Held
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Boone District Court. Plaintiff is a tax-payer in the town of Boonsboro. The defendant George W. Hoover is mayor, and the defendants Burkly, Bowman, Sherman, Held and Babcock are trustees, and defendant Mathew is recorder, of said town.
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Appeal from Boone District Court. Plaintiff is a tax-payer in the town of Boonsboro. The defendant George W. Hoover is mayor, and the defendants Burkly, Bowman, Sherman, Held and Babcock are trustees, and defendant Mathew is recorder, of said town. Plaintiff brought this action to enjoin the defendants from negotiating certain bonds of the town, and from paying any money belonging to the corporation upon certain contracts for the purchase of a tract of ground, and the erection of a building thereon. The petition also prayed for general relief. The contract for the purchase of the ground was…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
On the 18th of October, 1884, a resolution was introduced in the town council, and declared adopted, whereby the council resolved to purchase certain specified real estate, at the price of $1,500, for the purpose of erecting thereon a town hall. On the 3d day of November following, an ordinance was introduced, providing for issuing the bonds of the town to the amount of $3,500 to raise the money to pay for the real estate and for .the erection of the building thereon. The ordinance was once read on the day it was offered, and at a subsequent meeting, held on the 5th of the same month, its…
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