Vanderpœl v. O'Hanlon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. The petition states that the plaintiff, in March, 1878, was a “ legal voter and elector,” and that being such he was entitled to vote in a certain ward in Iowa City, in Johnson county, at an election then being held.
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Appeal from Johnson Circuit Court. The petition states that the plaintiff, in March, 1878, was a “ legal voter and elector,” and that being such he was entitled to vote in a certain ward in Iowa City, in Johnson county, at an election then being held. That defendants were judges of said election, and, against the protest of the plaintiff, required him to submit to an examination touching his right to vote, and required him to take a prescribed oath. . Upon taking such oath he tendered his ballot to the defendants, and demanded that it be deposited in the ballot-box, which the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
Servers, J., T„ student in'coilegeThe material facts are, that in January, 1875, the plaintiff was nineteen years of age, and his home or residence was with his father in Mitchell county, in State. At that time he was sent by his father to the State University at Iowa City for the purpose of completing his education, and was still attending said school in March, 1878, when he offered to vote. His father furnished the means required for the plaintiff’s expenses and for the payment of such fees as were required at the University.
His father’s home in Mitchell county was the plaintiff’s…
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