Dist. Township v. Ind. Dist.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. On the 30th day of December, 1874, the plaintiff presented to R. G. Reiniger, Judge of Floyd Circuit Court, a petition, stating its cause of action as follows: “That about the 11th day of March, 1874, the Directors of the District township of Ooldwater, in Butler county, Iowa, proceeded to lay off and organize the Independent District of Greene, including the village of Greene, in Ooldwater township, Butler county, Iowa.
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Appeal from Floyd Circuit Court. On the 30th day of December, 1874, the plaintiff presented to R. G. Reiniger, Judge of Floyd Circuit Court, a petition, stating its cause of action as follows: “That about the 11th day of March, 1874, the Directors of the District township of Ooldwater, in Butler county, Iowa, proceeded to lay off and organize the Independent District of Greene, including the village of Greene, in Ooldwater township, Butler county, Iowa. That said directors of Ooldwater township, Butler county, laid out and included in said Independent District the south f of east £ of section…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, J. —
The claim of appellant is that the Board of Directors of the District township of Ooldwater, Butler county, had no right, in laying off the boundaries of the Independent District of Greene, to incorporate into it territory in another county, without the consent or concurrence of the school district township, or other school authorities in the other county.
i schooldistrictuimitsof. The school law evidently contemplates that school districts shall coincide in boundary with the civil townships. Sec. 1713 the C°cle of 1873 provides: “Each civil township, now or hereafter organized * * *…
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- Independent School District v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1868
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