State v. Merrihew
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dallas District Court. In the first of tlie above cases a petition was filed claiming of the defendants the sum of five hundred dollars, and alleging that J. B. Merrihew was indicted by the grand jury of Polk county for the Crime of larceny; that the venue was changed to Dallas county; that the defendants, O B. and D. G. Merrihew, with J. B. Merrihew as principal, entered into a written undertaking, in pursuance of the statute, that J". B. Merrihew should appear…
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Appeal from Dallas District Court. In the first of tlie above cases a petition was filed claiming of the defendants the sum of five hundred dollars, and alleging that J. B. Merrihew was indicted by the grand jury of Polk county for the Crime of larceny; that the venue was changed to Dallas county; that the defendants, O B. and D. G. Merrihew, with J. B. Merrihew as principal, entered into a written undertaking, in pursuance of the statute, that J". B. Merrihew should appear and answer said indictment in the District Court of Dallas county; that J. B. Merrihew failed to appear as provided in…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Ch. J.
a VENUB. wiféifoounty is party. I. The ruling of the court refusing to grant a change of venue is assigned as error. Section 2590 of the Code provides that a change of the place of trial may hud where the county in which the action js pending is a party thereto. Section 3370 provides that: “Fines and forfeitures not otherwise disposed of go into the treasury of the county where the same are collected, for the benefit of the school fund.” • It is claimed that the change of venue should have been granted because the forfeiture when collected goes into the county treasury. If this…
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