KOCHEN v. YOUNG

No. 50272.

107 N.W.2d 81 (1961)

Eugene G. KOCHEN, Forrest Cook and Mrs. Forrest Cook, Appellants, v. George W. YOUNG, Mayor; Fred B. Davenport, Fred T. Kelly, Paul B. Rosene and Marie White, Members of the Council; and C. A. Norrbom, City Clerk, Appellees, Iowa Municipal Attorneys' Association, Amicus Curiae.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Frank Duggan, Sioux City, for Appellants.

Neil McCluhan, City Atty., Sioux City, for appellees.

Robert J. Spayde, President, Iowa Municipal Attys'. Assn., Oskaloosa, for amicus curiae.


OLIVER, Justice.

This is a suit by three electors and taxpayers of Sioux City, against the mayor, members of the city council and the city clerk, involving the proposed issuance, by the city, of Flood Protection Bonds in the amount of $2,850,000.

Count I of plaintiffs' petition sought to enjoin the issuance of the bonds without the approval of the voters of the city at a special election, allegedly required by a petition of voters, as provided by Chapter 408A...

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