Baker v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Louisa Girouit Court. ON the 10th day of June, 1873, the plaintiffs, voters and tax payers of Louisa county, filed their petition alleging in substance that, on the 8th of May, 1873, notice was published that at the June term of the Board of Supervisors a petition would be presented, asking that' the question of the relocation of the county seat of said county be submitted to the people at the next general election.
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Appeal from Louisa Girouit Court. ON the 10th day of June, 1873, the plaintiffs, voters and tax payers of Louisa county, filed their petition alleging in substance that, on the 8th of May, 1873, notice was published that at the June term of the Board of Supervisors a petition would be presented, asking that' the question of the relocation of the county seat of said county be submitted to the people at the next general election. That petitions were circulated, and but 1432 names were signed to the same, and remonstrances were circulated which were signed by 1600 citizens and voters of the…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The action of the court is erroneous, and must be reversed. The exhibits attached to the petition show that there were on the petitions for relocation, after deducting illegal names and those appearing on more than one petition, 1381 names. That of those 72 signed a remonstrance, and 49 signed a re-remonstrance, leaving 1260 petitioners on the first paper. That on the remonstrance, after deducting illegal names and names appearing on more than one paper, the board found 1553 names, from which they deducted 290 names who had signed the original remonstrance, and who signed a re-petition for…
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