Legal Opinion

Brooker v. Ludlow

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 2, 1920PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Madison District Court. — Lorix N. Hays, Judge. On October 21, 1919, plaintiffs filed in the district court a petition for certiorari, against defendánts, asking that the proceedings of the county board of education, in sustaining the objections to the boundaries of the proposed consolidated independent school district of Jefferson, be annulled and set aside. Trial was had, under stipulation that it be tried under Section 4160 of the Code.

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Appeal from Madison District Court. — Lorix N. Hays, Judge. On October 21, 1919, plaintiffs filed in the district court a petition for certiorari, against defendánts, asking that the proceedings of the county board of education, in sustaining the objections to the boundaries of the proposed consolidated independent school district of Jefferson, be annulled and set aside. Trial was had, under stipulation that it be tried under Section 4160 of the Code. The trial court found that the plaintiffs were entitled to the writ as prayed, and that the proceedings of the board of education in sustaming…

1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.

The issues and statement of facts, as stated by appellants, and conceded by appellees to be correct, follow:

The Issues.

“1. Whether or not the county board of education of Madison County, Iowa, had jurisdiction to hear and determine an appeal taken from the ruling of the county superintendent in fixing and determining the boundaries of a proposed consolidated independent school district.
“2. Whether or not the said county board of education had jurisdiction, on an appeal taken by objectors from the ruling of the county superintendent on objections to the boundaries of the said proposed…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Anderson v. HadleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  2. State ex rel. Cox v. Consolidated Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1955
  3. State ex rel. Martinson v. Consolidated Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  4. State ex rel. Consolidated Independent School District v. Consolidated Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  5. State Ex Rel. Odekirk v. PetersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1924

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