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STATE v. ALLEN

No. 96-635.

569 N.W.2d 143 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, ex rel. Steve JOHNSON, As County Attorney for Jasper County, Iowa, Appellee, v. Garrett ALLEN, II, As Mayor of Mingo, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E.H. Phelps II, Des Moines, for appellant.

R. Steven Johnson, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.

TERNUS, Justice.

The City of Mingo has relied on the Jasper County sheriff's department to provide police protection for its residents. The county attorney for Jasper County requested that the City enter into an intergovernmental agreement to pay the county for police services or hire its own law enforcement officer. When the City did neither, the county attorney brought this action for a declaratory judgment and a writ of mandamus ordering the City's mayor to hire...

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