Turner & Co. v. Woodbury County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. The petition alleged, in substance, that during the week preceding the general election of 1880, the trustees of Sioux City township, in Woodbury county, made application to the county auditor, and also to a member of the' board of sroervisors of said county, for permission to hold said general eviction for said township in the court-house of said county situated in said township, which request said officers refused; that thereupon said…
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Appeal from Woodbury District Court. The petition alleged, in substance, that during the week preceding the general election of 1880, the trustees of Sioux City township, in Woodbury county, made application to the county auditor, and also to a member of the' board of sroervisors of said county, for permission to hold said general eviction for said township in the court-house of said county situated in said township, which request said officers refused; that thereupon said trustees designated the office of plaintiffs, in said township as the place where said election should be held, and said…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
l. county: eleetion ex-geiises: liability for. It is not claimed that there is any provision of the statute authorizing or requiring the county to pay the necessary expenses incurred by the township trustees m providing and tarnishing a place m which to hold a general election. The statute provides that the board of supervisors shall provide for each election precinct, for the purpose of elections, one box, with lock and key, and the auditor shall prepare poll-books. Code, sections 614 and 615. The compensation of the township trustees and township clerk, when acting as judges of election, is…
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- State ex rel. Rochford v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1892
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- State v. BillingsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890
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