State ex rel. Lewis v. Young
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Johnson District Court. This was an agreed case, submitted to the. District Court of Johnson county, involving the right of the appellant (Young) to hold and exercise the office of mayor in the city of Washington, in this state. The court below having decided adverse to such right, the defendant appeals. The material facts will appear from the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWright, C. J.
On the 20th of January, 1857, an act was passed providing for the incorporation of the city of Washington, Washington county. By the last section of said act, it is provided that the same shall take effect from and after its publication in the Iowa City Republican and Washington Press. Section 44 requires “the trustees of Washington township, to cause a vote to be taken on the acceptance of said charter, (or act of incorporation,) in the manner in which township elections are now called and holden, in which the vote shall be for the charter, or against the charter, and shall be by ballot.” If…
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