Rural Independent School District v. Ventura Consolidated Independent School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — M. F. Edwards, Judge. The plaintiff is an independent school corporation; the defendant, a consolidated independent school district.
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Appeal from Cerro Gordo District Court. — M. F. Edwards, Judge. The plaintiff is an independent school corporation; the defendant, a consolidated independent school district. The action is brought to restrain the defendant from exercising any jurisdiction over any portion of plaintiff’s territory, on the theory that, in the organization of the defendant district, it took territory from the plaintiff district, and did not leave to the plaintiff district four government sections, as required by Section 2794-a of the Supplement to the Code, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
This action is brought -by the plaintiff, a *969rural independent school district, to restrain the defendant, a consolidated independent school district, from exercising jurisdiction over a certain portion of its territory. The plaintiff district, prior to the organization of the defendant consolidated independent district, had within its boundary all of Section 28, excepting the southwest quarter ' of the northwest quarter, all of 27, the west half of 26, all of 33, all of 34, and the west half of 35, and all territory lying south of C-lear Lake in Sections 21, 22, and 23. The territory taken…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Goltermann v. SchiermeyerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Powers v. HartenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
- Wilson v. HoffmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Chambers v. HouselSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
- State ex rel. Martinson v. Consolidated Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
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- Independent School District of Jewell v. Consolidated School District of EllsworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942