City of Cedar Rapids v. Cox

Plaintiff, City of Cedar Bapids, filed its petition in equity in the district court pursuant to section 362.26(4), Code, 1954, for a decree annexing about 13 square miles of unincorporated adjacent territory to the city. About 100 defendants, Boger L. Anderson et al., filed special appearance alleging they were not served with sufficient original notice of the suit in that it was served by publication pursuant to Code section 362.27 and this statute is unconstitutional as. a denial of due process guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article I, section 9, Iowa…