Porter v. Butterfield
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ceclar District Court. — Hon. W. N. Treici-iler, Judge. This is a controversy over the sufficiency of certain statements of consent to the establishment off saloons in Cedar county.
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Appeal from Ceclar District Court. — Hon. W. N. Treici-iler, Judge. This is a controversy over the sufficiency of certain statements of consent to the establishment off saloons in Cedar county. The defendants appeared before the board of supervisors, and objected to a canvass of the statements; Tlie objections were overruled, and defendants threupon filed what they denominated an answer, in which they denied the sufficiency of the statements and the jurisdiction of the board. Bond's were filed both by plaintiffs and defendants, as provided by law, and the whole matter was certified to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J. —
1 Several motions are presented which must •be disposed of before Ave go to the merits. On application to the district court, after the appeal Avas taken, the record was corrected as to a matter material on this appeal. No appeal seems to have been taken from that ruling, but appellants herein have filed amotion to strike an amendment to' the abstract setting forth the record as corrected. This, motion is without merit, and will be overruled. The trial court had jurisdiction to correct the record even after an appeal to this court. Barber v. Scott, 92 Iowa, 57. As no appeal was…
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