Bennett v. City of Marion
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Gourt. — Hon. William G. Thompson, Judge. Proceedings to condemn a portion of the plaintiffs’ farm for sewer purposes. The damages were fixed at three thousand two hundred dollars, and plaintiffs appeal.—
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J".
1 -The city council of Marion adopted a resolution on the fourteenth day of October, 1896, that about eighty-six acres of the plaintiffs’ farm of one hundred and forty acres, adjoining the corporate limits, were necessary for a sewer outlet, and directed the mayor to institute proceedings necessary for condemnation. This resolution was not invalid because not signed by the mayor. The city, as appears by the last census, has a population of less than eight thousand inhabitants. This is a matter of which the courts will taire judicial notice. Kalbrien v. Leonard, 34 Ind. 497; People v.…
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