Supreme Court of Iowa, 1867

Vance v. District Township

Supreme Court of Iowa · Decided December 14, 1867 · Lowe

23 Iowa 408

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

Newby v. Free (Iowa 1887)
Munn v. Independent School District of Jefferson (Iowa 1920)
James v. Gettinger (Iowa 1904)
Carpenter v. Independent District No. 5 (Iowa 1895)
Atkinson v. Hutchinson (Iowa 1885)
Ind. School Dist. of Lowell v. Ind. School Dist. of Duser (Iowa 1877)

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Opinion of the Court

Lowe, Ch. J.

School: aSift board! remedy. The bill of complaint is without equity and was Very properly dismissed. The power to fix, carries with it the power to change, the site of a school-house, by the district board. In doing g0 cas0j jj. jg no¿ charged that the board acted beyond its power or jurisdiction, or that it acted oppressively, fraudulently or illegally, or even irregularly. There is, therefore, nothing in the complaint to call for the exercise of the equitable powers of a court. All unwise or inexpedient action of the board, whether of law or fact, when done within its powers, must find its correction by an appeal to the county superintendent. Rev. § 2133.

Affirmed.

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