Eckerson v. City of Des Moines

Decided February 18, 1908. Charles A. Bishop wrote the opinion for the court.

137 Iowa 452 · Cited 80 times

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• State v. King · 37 Iowa 462
• Williams v. Eggleston · 170 U.S. 304
• Brown v. City of Galveston · 75 S.W. 488
• In Re Pfahler · 88 P. 270
• Attorney General of Michigan Ex Rel. Kies v. Lowrey · 199 U.S. 233
• Eaton v. Brown · 96 Cal. 371
• Ex Parte Anderson · 66 P. 194
• Lytle v. May · 49 Iowa 224
• Claiborne County v. Brooks · 111 U.S. 400
• Stewart v. Bd. of Super. of Polk County · 30 Iowa 9
• State ex rel. White v. Barker · 116 Iowa 96
• Shaw v. City Council · 131 Iowa 128
• Central Iowa R'y Co. v. Board of Supervisors · 67 Iowa 199
• Lum v. City of Vicksburg · 72 Miss. 950
• Page v. Millerton · 114 Iowa 378

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• Knorr v. Beardsley · 38 N.W.2d 236
• Green v. City of Cascade · 231 N.W.2d 882
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• Powers v. McCullough · 140 N.W.2d 378
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• State Ex Rel. Halbach v. Claussen · 250 N.W. 195
• State Ex Rel. Keefe v. McInerney · 182 P.2d 28
• Piuser v. City of Sioux City · 262 N.W. 551
• Sueppel v. City Council of Iowa City · 136 N.W.2d 523
• Johnson v. Genesee County, Michigan · 232 F. Supp. 567
• Ferguson v. Brick · 82 N.W.2d 849
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