Ross v. Board of Supervisors

Decided July 13, 1905. Silas M. Weaver wrote the opinion for the court.

128 Iowa 427 · Cited 58 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108 · 111 U.S. 701
• Voigt v. Detroit City · 184 U.S. 115
• Public Clearing House v. Coyne · 194 U.S. 497
• Paulsen v. Portland · 149 U.S. 30
• Winona & St. Peter Land Co. v. Minnesota · 159 U.S. 526
• Hibben v. Smith · 191 U.S. 310
• Weyerhaueser v. Minnesota · 176 U.S. 550
• Yeomans v. Riddle · 84 Iowa 147
• Village of Hyde Park v. Spencer · 118 Ill. 446
• Poundstone v. Baldwin · 145 Ind. 139
• Bonfoy v. Goar · 140 Ind. 292
• Matter of Appl'n of McMahon v. . Palmer · 6 N.E. 400
• Smith v. Peterson · 123 Iowa 672
• People v. Hagar · 66 Cal. 59
• Stuart v. . Palmer · 74 N.Y. 183
• People Ex Rel. Griffin v. Mayor of Brooklyn · 4 N.Y. 419
• Spencer v. . Merchant · 3 N.E. 582
• State v. Squires · 26 Iowa 340
• In the Matter of William A. Fowler · 53 N.Y. 60
• Easton v. Somerville · 111 Iowa 164
• State ex rel. Witter v. Forkner · 94 Iowa 1
• Huff v. Cook · 44 Iowa 639
• State v. King · 37 Iowa 462
• Tilton v. Swift · 40 Iowa 78
• McKeever v. Jenks · 59 Iowa 300

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• Prichard v. Board of Supervisors · 150 Iowa 565
• Durst v. City of Des Moines · 164 Iowa 82
• Shaw v. City of Kalispell · 340 P.2d 523
• Thomas v. State · 44 N.W.2d 410
• Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Sedgwick · 213 N.W. 435
• In Re Alleged Insanity of Brewer · 276 N.W. 766
• Goeppinger v. Boards of Supervisors · 172 Iowa 30
• Thompson v. L. J. Voldahl, Inc. · 188 N.W.2d 377
• Conklin v. Conklin · 132 N.W.2d 459
• Howard v. County of Emmet · 140 Iowa 527
• In Re City of Des Moines · 35 N.W.2d 571
• Moody v. Dyer County Levee & Drainage District No. 1 · 208 Tenn. 699
• Wissenburg v. Bradley · 229 N.W. 205
• Lightner v. Board of Supervisors · 145 Iowa 95
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Rosenbaum · 231 N.W. 646
• Gilcrest & Co. v. City of Des Moines · 157 Iowa 525
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Monona County · 144 Iowa 171
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Streepy · 236 N.W. 24
• Chrisman v. Brandes · 137 Iowa 433
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wright County Drainage District · 175 Iowa 417
• Hoyt v. Brown · 153 Iowa 324
• Thompson v. Board of Supervisors · 206 N.W. 624

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