Clark v. County of Beadle
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Beadle County. Hon. Alva E. Taylor, Judge.- Action.by Richard W. 'Clark and Frank Jaehn, pn behalf of themselves and all county taxpayers similarly situated, against the County of Beadle and T. C. Young and others as county commissioners of the County of Beadle, and The Iowa Bridge Company, a corporation, to enjoin defendant commissioners from paying" for, and defendant bridge company from constructing certain county bridges, etc.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Beadle County. Hon. Alva E. Taylor, Judge.- Action.by Richard W. 'Clark and Frank Jaehn, pn behalf of themselves and all county taxpayers similarly situated, against the County of Beadle and T. C. Young and others as county commissioners of the County of Beadle, and The Iowa Bridge Company, a corporation, to enjoin defendant commissioners from paying" for, and defendant bridge company from constructing certain county bridges, etc. From a judgment for defendants, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiffs appeal. (i) To point two of the opinion, re injunction,…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
Chapter 106, Laws of 1915, empowered boards of county commissioners to contract for the building and repair of bridges. Such law required the giving of notices for, and the filing of, sealed bids; that there should be a separate bid for each bridge to be built or repaired; and that each bid should be accompanied by a certified check in the amount of 10 per cent, of the bid. (Such law did not authorize a lump bid on several bridges; neither did it provide for the bidding or contracting for cost of /material or labor made necessary because of enforced changes in plans and specifications of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. AustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Clarke v. County of BeadleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
- Clark v. County of BeadleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1919
- Board of Com'rs v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
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