Yeomans v. Riddle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monona District Court. — Hon. George W. Wakefield, Judge.- Certiorari to review the proceedings of the board of supervisors of Monona county to repair, deepen, and improve a county ditch, and to assess the cost thereof upon landowners along and in the vicinity of the ditch. A demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition was sustained, and from that ruling they appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, C. J.
I. As the only questions in the case arise upon a demurrer to the petition, it becomes necessary, for a correct understanding of the case, to set out in full these proceedings. They are as follows:
‘ ‘Petition: The plaintiffs, for cause of action against the defendants; state: That the plaintiffs are all taxpayers of Monona county, Iowa. That they are the several owners of a large number of tracts of land in said county, lying along and in the vicinity of a certain ditch or excavation known as the 'Persons Ditch.’ That the above-named defendants are the members of the board of supervisors of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stewart v. Bd. of Super. of Polk CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Warren v. HenlySupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Allen v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
3Cited by25 opinions
- Ross v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Wissenburg v. BradleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
- Oliver v. Monona CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
- Owens v. City of MarionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Beebe v. MagounSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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