Taylor v. Independent School District
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Madison District Court. — J. H. Applegate, Judge. This is a suit in equity, in which plaintiffs seek and had injunctive relief to prevent certain of the defendants from acting as officers of the so-called Consolidated Independent School District of Earlham, the prayer for relief being bottomed on the claim that said consolidated district has no legal existence. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. The petition alleges: (1) That a pretended consolidated district has no legal existence, because the proposal to create it failed to receive the sanction of a legal majority of the voters; (2) that, despite this, a pretended election was held to name school directors for said pretended district; (3) that defendants claim, on account of said pretended elections, to be directors and officers of said pretended district; (4) that these are threatening and proceeding to discontinue the use of schoolhouses and the maintenance of schools heretofore and now existing and being maintained in an…
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