Magoon v. Board of County Commissioners

In May, 1935, the sheriff of Valley county traded a county Chevrolet sedan in on a Nash demonstrator owned by Marshall Magoon, an automobile dealer, then doing business under the fix-m name axxd style of “Cascade Service Station.” The contract price of the Nash car was $1185, from which certain credits were deducted, leaving a balance of $600. June 8, 1935, Magoon presented a duly verified claim for such balance to the board of county commissioners of Valley county, which claim was disallowed. July 6, 1935, Magoon filed with, and presented to, the board another claim which was also…