State ex rel. McNulty v. Porter
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Webster District Gomt. This is an action of quo warra/nto, commenced in April, 1879, to determine the right of the relator to the office of subdirector, in subdistrict number 5, in the district township of Washington, in Webster county. The petition asks that the defendant be excluded from the office, and that the relator be declared the lawful subdirector of said subdistrict. The cause not being reached for trial at the August, 1879, term, was continued.
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Appeal from, Webster District Gomt. This is an action of quo warra/nto, commenced in April, 1879, to determine the right of the relator to the office of subdirector, in subdistrict number 5, in the district township of Washington, in Webster county. The petition asks that the defendant be excluded from the office, and that the relator be declared the lawful subdirector of said subdistrict. The cause not being reached for trial at the August, 1879, term, was continued. At the March term, 1880, of the court, it was suggested to the court that the term of office in dispute had expired. The court…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. QUO WARANTO: dismissal of. The action of the court was right. The relator asks that he be adjudged and decreed to be the lawful sub-director, and that the defendant be ousted and excluded from the office. The term of office having expired, the court could not grant this relief. No fees attach to the office of subdirector, and hence neither party had' anything to gain or lose by further litigation. Courts are not organized for the purpose of determining mere abstractions. The court ought not to be required to spend its time in the accumulation of a bill of costs, lor no other purpose than…
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