Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Independent School District v. Hall

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 17, 1921PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Jones District Court. — F. F. Dawley, Judge. Action in quo warranto. The petition alleges that defendants are assuming to act as school officers of a consolidated school district, and that the organization of it is illegal and void. The court sustained defendants’ demurrer to the petition, and plaintiffs appeal. —

1Opinion of the Court

Preston, J.-

— The petition alleges that, during the months of July and August, 1919, proceedings were had, purporting to be under Section 2794-a, Code Supplement, 1915, as amended, looking toward the organization of certain territory into a consolidated district, to be known as the Consolidated Independent School District of Olin. The territory described in the petition is 24 sections in Township 83, Range 3; also Sections 31, 30, and a part of 29 and 32, and that portion of 8 and 18 lying south of the Wapsipinicon River, and a part of Section 6 in Township 83, Range 2; Section 36; a part of…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State ex rel. West v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  2. Nelson v. Consol. Independent Sch. Dist. of Troy MillsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  3. State ex rel. Ondler v. RoweSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  4. Waddell v. Board of DirectorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  5. State ex rel Douglas v. School District No. 108Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Grant v. NorrisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
  2. State ex rel. School Township of Douglas Township v. KinkadeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  3. Lincoln v. MooreSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  4. Scott v. NesperSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  5. State Ex Rel. School Township of Cass v. Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954

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