POE v. CENTRAL LYON SCHOOL DIST.

No. 93-1020.

515 N.W.2d 1 (1994)

Sally POE, Floris Van Tilburg, Dale Winkowitsch, Ervin Bruier, Gary Vander Waal, Mark Dickmann, Ray Feucht, Jane Baker, and Marvin Brommer, Appellants, Alfred Dickmann, Pricilla Spykerboer, Van Berkel Farms, Inc., Darwyn Dickmann, Harold Vahl, Henry Eben, Jeff Eben, and Arnold Snuttjer, Plaintiffs, v. CENTRAL LYON SCHOOL DISTRICT and Ken Mellema, Lyon County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Daniel Gildemeister and Steven J. Andreasen of Margolin, Gildemeister, Willa, Mugan & Keane, Sioux City, for appellants.

Ivan T. Webber of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, and Randy L. Waagmeester of DeWaay & Waagmeester, Rock Rapids, for appellee Cent. Lyon School Dist.

Daniel E. DeKoter of Corcoran, Skiver, Zito, DeKoter & Thole, P.L.C., Sibley, for appellee Ken Mellema.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Plaintiffs, nonresident owners of land in a school district, brought this action to challenge, on routine grounds, a successful school bond election. They appeal from a trial court ruling dismissing their action for lack of standing. We affirm.

As nonresident landowners, plaintiffs are taxpayers in defendant Central Lyon School District. The dispute arose because of a successful school bond election in which plaintiffs had no right to vote...

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