Strohm v. City of Iowa City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from JoJmson District Court. On the 5th day of February, 1877, the plaintiff filed his petition alleging, in substance, that on the fifth day of May, 1876, a resolution for the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Iowa City was proposed to the council of said city, that at the meeting of said council when said resolution was passed there were only six trustees present, though there were at the time eight duly elected, qualified, and acting trustees, in and…
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Appeal from JoJmson District Court. On the 5th day of February, 1877, the plaintiff filed his petition alleging, in substance, that on the fifth day of May, 1876, a resolution for the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Iowa City was proposed to the council of said city, that at the meeting of said council when said resolution was passed there were only six trustees present, though there were at the time eight duly elected, qualified, and acting trustees, in and for said city; that without said resolution having been proposed or read at a previous meeting or day, and without…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Oh. J.
i. municipal change ofns: boundaries. I. This case involves a construction of section 489 of the Code, which is as follows: “All ordinances anc^ resolutions, or orders for the appropriation or payment of money, shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of all the trustees of any municipal corporation; ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be fully and distinctly read, on three different' days, unless three-fourths of the council shall dispense with the rule; no ordinance shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly…
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