Case v. Blood
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Sioux Circuit Court. Action of mandamus. The plaintiff avers that he is a resident of the independent district of Bock Talley, Sioux county, and that the defendants are directors of the district township of Bock, from which the independent district of Bock Talley was severed in 1883. He avers that there were no liabilities of the original district township, but that there was a large amount of assets, to a portion of which the independent district of Bock Talley…
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Appeal from, Sioux Circuit Court. Action of mandamus. The plaintiff avers that he is a resident of the independent district of Bock Talley, Sioux county, and that the defendants are directors of the district township of Bock, from which the independent district of Bock Talley was severed in 1883. He avers that there were no liabilities of the original district township, but that there was a large amount of assets, to a portion of which the independent district of Bock Talley was equitably entitled; that the directors, however, of the district township of Bock refuse to meet the directors of…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Cu. J.
The directors of the independent district of Rock Valley came in, and were made defendants; and are ’ satisfied with the order and judgment of the court. The defendants, the directors of the district township of Rock, complain because they deny that they refused to meet and make an equitable division of the assets, as the plaintiff avers. On the other hand, they aver that they did repeatedly meet with the directors of the independent district, and try to make an equitable division of the assets, but that they were unable to agree; and we have to say that the evidence fully…
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