Atkinson v. Hutchinson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pocahontas District Court. Action for a writ of mandamus to compel tbe defendants, as directors of the district township of Marshall, in Pocahontas county, to move a sckool-liouse. in sub-district No. 2, from section ten in said township to section fifteen. There was a trial to a jury, and verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
The school-house in question was located originally on section fifteen. In April, 1881, the board of directors of the district township made an order of removal of the scbool-lionse to section ten, and afterward caused tbe removal *162to be made. The plaintiffs, who are residents and tax-payers in the sub-district, felt aggrieved by the action of the board, and appealed therefrom to the county superintendent of schools, who reversed the action of the board. The defendants then appealed from his decision to the state superintendent of schools, who affirmed the decision of the county…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Vance v. District TownshipSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
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- Munn v. School Township of Soap CreekSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
- James v. GettingerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- Carpenter v. Independent District No. 5Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Hargis v. FleckSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968