Legal Opinion

Board of Supervisors v. McDonald

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 20, 1920PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. Appeal in a drainage proceeding. Certain landowners, having appealed to the district court from drainage assessments made against them, obtained partial relief on such appeal. From the finding of the district court, all parties have appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.

I. The board of supervisors for the drainage district first appealed, and are, therefore, denominated appellants. These appellants have erroneously entitled the case, both in their abstract and in their brief, by reversing the name and place of “plaintiff” and “defendant.” This necessarily caused the case to be designated in this court under such erroneous title. Appellants thereby embedded their error into our records. To avoid further confusion in our own records, we entitle the case in the erroneous form in which it was designated by reason of the error of the appellants. The plaintiffs…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Christenson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  2. Loomis v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bloomquist v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1920
  2. Nervig v. Joint Boards of Supervisors of Polk & Story CountriesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  3. Rasch v. Drainage District No. 10Supreme Court of Iowa · 1924

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