Hancock v. District Township
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dams District Court. — Hon. Charles D.. Leggett, Judge." Action of mandamus. The facts are stated in tlie opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the township of Perry, in the county of Davis. The defendants are the district township of Perry and its board of directors. • Plaintiffs reside upon sections 5 and 6, in township 69 north, of range 13 west, which constitute a part of the civil township of Perry. Seventeen children, over the age of five, and under the age of twenty-one, years, reside upon these sections. There is no schoolhouse in the township of Perry within two and one-half miles of the center of said sections. The defendants refuse to recognize them as constituting any part of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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