Board of Commissioners v. Perkins
Wyoming Supreme Court
Reserved questions from the District Court .for Fremont County. IIon. Jesse Knight, Judge. ■ This action was brought in the District Court of Fremont County to enjoin the defendants from proceeding to organize Big Horn County.
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Reserved questions from the District Court .for Fremont County. IIon. Jesse Knight, Judge. ■ This action was brought in the District Court of Fremont County to enjoin the defendants from proceeding to organize Big Horn County. The defendants were residents within the boundaries of that part of the State described by Chapter 48, Laws 1890, as the County of Big Horn, and, together with others, constituting 300 electors and property tax payers residing within said limits, had prepared and signed a petition addressed to the governor for the purpose of having commissioners appointed to organize…
1Opinion of the Court
CoNaway, Justice.
Section one of Chapter 48 of the session laws of Wyoming Territory of 1890 provides: “That all that portion of the Territory of Wyoming described and bounded as in this section hereafter set forth, is hereby created and made a county, of the Territory of Wyoming, by the name of Big Horn;” and then defines the boundaries.
Section two makes general provision for the organization of the county created by .section one and for the organization of counties generally, “for all the purposes of • county government,” by petitioning the governor to appoint three electors residing within…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. Missouri & Mississippi Railroad v. Macon County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1864
- State v. BarbeeIndiana Supreme Court · 1852
- People ex rel. Dean v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1882
- People ex rel. Dubois v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1848
3Cited by10 opinions
- Union Mutual Life Insurance v. BroderickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- State ex rel. Sullivan v. SchnitgerWyoming Supreme Court · 1908
- Budge v. Board of Com'rsWyoming Supreme Court · 1922
- Mestas V. Diamond Coal & Coke Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1904
- In re Apportionment of Indebtedness between Fremont & Big Horn CountiesWyoming Supreme Court · 1898
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