District Township v. Independent District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Winneshiek District Court. This is an action in chancery to enforce the collection of a certain tax levied by defendant, the school district. A demurrer to the petition was overruled and a decree thereupon rendered, enjoining the collection of the tax in question. The defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, ch. J.
In January, 1867, the organization of the independent district of Burr Oak, the defendant in this action, was undertaken. It was designed to include, besides a part of Burr Oak township, certain land in Hesper township, of which plaintiff is the school district. An election was ordered by the township trustees of Burr Oak, upon the petition of twelve voters, to be held upon January 25, 1867, at one o’clock in the afternoon, to determine the question of a separate district organization. The notice specified the territory to be covered by the independent district sought to be…
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