Meeker & Co. v. Ashley
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal f rom Jasper Circuit Court. Actions of mandamus to enforce tlie collection of certain taxes voted by tlie electors of Palo Alto and Fairview townships, Jasper county, in aid of the construction of tlie Iowa, Minnesota and North Pacific Railway. The first action is against the trustees of Palo Alto township, to compel them to certify the tax had been earned.
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Appeal f rom Jasper Circuit Court. Actions of mandamus to enforce tlie collection of certain taxes voted by tlie electors of Palo Alto and Fairview townships, Jasper county, in aid of the construction of tlie Iowa, Minnesota and North Pacific Railway. The first action is against the trustees of Palo Alto township, to compel them to certify the tax had been earned. The second is against the county treasurer to compel him to collect the tax of the same township, and the third is against the same officer to compel liim to collect the tax voted in Fairview township. There was a trial to the court…
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
I. As to the taxes voted in Palo Alto township. The articles of incorporation of the railway company declare the object of the corporation to be, “ to acquire, construct, maintain and operate a railroad, commencing at a point hereafter to be determined upon in the southern or southeastern portion of the State of. Iowa; and running thence through the counties of Jasper, Story, and Hamilton, via Nevada and Webster city, in a northwesterly direction to the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa.”
The tax was voted on the 20th day of April, 1872, and the notice for the election submitted to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lamb v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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